Outing the Outer

Now that the secret's out -- Karl Rove was the source that outed CIA staffer Valerie Plame -- many people in and out of the blogosphere are wondering if Bush will keep his promise:  to punish the perpetrator of this year's most famous anonymice case.  Democrats are demanding Rove's resignation, but so far the word at the White House is mum.  We predict an even more strident debate on the subject of anonymity, a debate we have contributed to (most recently here).