I've been watching this affair since it was in it's infancy, and "knew" immediately that the reason the Times and other papers didn't want to out it's source was because... well, because it was someone on the left, such as a reporter.

That was my instinct then and everything I've seen since then only confirms it. Not least including this:

No one is crazy enough to sit in jail over a silly misunderstanding--she wanted a "personal" waiver, and Libby was happy to give it to her, in fact thought he had given it to her last year, but somehow they failed to communicate. No, Judith Miller sat in jail until the prosecutor agreed that she would not have to testify about any source of the information about Valerie Plame other than Libby. Miller had multiple sources, and everyone already knew that she talked to Libby. The real question is, who was her other source? Some have speculated that it may have been Plame's husband, Joe Wilson, or maybe another journalist. Now, we may never know.

It's hard not to find the prosecutor's action here disturbing. Who is the second source that Miller went to jail to protect? Why is the prosecutor willing to forgo information about the second source?

Bingo. This is so bogus. A "grave crime" was committed, we heard incessantly from the left. Despite Plame's not even working in an undercover role, and despite everyone and his brother knowing she pushed a pencil at the CIA, we were told this was a "vendetta" and "put her life in danger."

So suddenly we find that she doesn't have to disclose the all-important source of her knowledge. Who leaked it first is suddenly no longer important in the slightest! We only want to know about Libby.

Can you say "witch hunt"? I knew ya could.