Reply #2: data dump @3 p.m. EST:

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

White House will do the following:

1. admit that Rove leaked Plame's name -- but he used the word "operative" only in a Novakian sense; knew she was CIA but thought she was a telephone operator.

2. acknowledge link of Cheney to (latest) Halliburton thievery. Dick interviewed, authorized signing bonuses for, and shot pheasant with the two folks caught in kickback scandal ... he's "shocked, SHOCKED" at the developments.

3. announce federal investigation into "leak" of Limbaugh-related prosecutorial documents to Florida newspapers ... as a precaution, Ashcroft and minions will be shuttering all state attorneys offices and media outlets in the Sunshine State till further notice.