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It's important to remember, as the White House desperarately tries to make the Plame Affair an issue of leaking in general, or a problem with the press, or a "routine matter," or anything but what it is—a case where a White House official (potentially) broke the law— to keep using the word "criminal."

Remember, Plame was a CIA operative, and revealing the identity of an operative is a felony.

Felonies are committed by criminals.

Therefore, there is a potential criminal in the White House, and we need to discover who it is (or who they are). That's the issue, and let's keep the focus on it.