The New York Times out-outs Scooter

Remember the Lame Plame Blame Game? Scooter Libby was eventually convicted for his role in "outing" CIA operative Valarie Plame (wife of foreign service officer Joe Wilson, who allegedly angered the Bush administration by denying- incorrectly, as it turned out- that Saddam Hussein had been seeking yellowcake uranium in Niger). Supposedly the information that Ms. Plame was an undercover agent was leaked to columnist Bob Novak. The problem, of course, is that while the Novak column Plame supporters point to does identify her as a CIA "operative," her undercover status was first mentioned by family friend and liberal columnist David Corn in his column the next day!

There has been a great deal of sanctimony from the left about the impropriety of blowing the cover of an undercover CIA agent. Can't argue with that, actually. But I do find it fascinating that the New York Times today outed an entire series of covert initiatives by the Bush administration against Iran's nuclear program.

I'm listening for the outrage from the same people who were so ticked off at Scooter Libby. But somehow, I doubt that I'll hear much.