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“Apparently [the extent of this investigation] is finally beginning to dawn on Mr. Bush’s fiercest defenders and on Mr. Bush himself.”

“Politicians must not politicize the intelligence community. … It is up to the President to restore the bonds of trust with the intelligence community that have been shattered …”

“Bush’s right-hand man [Karl Rove] is dispatching his troops to smear Joe Wilson — and save himself [in the outing-a-CIA-operative case]. He may win in Washington, but the special prosecutor will have the last word.”

"A man who would do what Rove did should not be in the White House in any capacity. And no person who tolerates a man like Rove in the White House should be commander in chief of American security."

The emerging outing-the-CIA-agent and White House coverup story seems to be finally getting its legs. I revisit my reading notes from the time and catch a whiff now of returning sociological sanity. (Along with my bottomless cup o’ wishful thinking, of course.)