Down in Plames

Looks like Plamegate is proceeding full steam ahead despite Bob Novak's flip flopping.

PLEASE READ: Important Message From Counsel's Office

We were informed last evening by the Department of Justice that it has opened an investigation into possible unauthorized disclosures concerning the identity of an undercover CIA employee.

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The Department advised us that it will be sending a letter today instructing us to preserve all materials that might be relevant to its investigation. Its letter will provide more specific instructions on the materials in which it is interested, and we will communicate those instructions directly to you. In the meantime, you must preserve all materials that might in any way be related to the Department's investigation. Any questions concerning this request should be directed to Associate Counsels Ted Ullyot or Raul Yanes in the Counsel to the President's office. The President has directed full cooperation with this investigation.

Alberto R. Gonzales

Counsel to the President

Emphasis added.

I don't know where this will end up, but it should be fun to watch ... unless Bush makes the smart political move and quickly comes clean on the whole affair. While Karl Rove seems to be losing his magic touch, he's still a weasel with a big bag of tricks and a game plan.

[Plamegate summary via Andrew Sullivan]

[Update]
Sometime between writing this and posting it, Bush sort of took my advice.

President Bush called on Tuesday for anyone with information about those who disclosed the identity of a CIA official to come forward, saying: "I want to know the truth."

"If anybody's got any information inside our administration or outside our administration, it would be helpful if they came forward," Bush told reporters after meeting with business leaders in Chicago. It was Bush's first public comment on the controversy.

They're spying on me.