Reply #5: They started covering it up the second it happened

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

If Bush had been truly outraged, he would have called for an internal investigation immediately - it would have taken them 2 days to find out who talked to who when and they could have cleaned house immediately. Bush had no outrage to speak of and Pooh-pooed the idea of the leaker being found from the getgo. Gee, I wonder why that is?

The obstruction and outright lying was instantaneous. I really and truly think they thought they would get away with it because they were relying on all the journalists protecting their sources. In the end it looks like most of the journalists did talk because they realized they were like the priest in the confessional who hears the murder plot. Only loyal deckhand Judy Miller has decided to go down with the ship.