CIA leak source found dripping out from Dick's Chief of Staff

In a demonstration of Republican manliness, values, and speedy post-Hurricane disaster relief, the source of the CIA leak that exposed the name of an intelligence agent has only taken 85 days to release Times reporter Judith Miller from her obligation to protect his identity:

Freed after 85 days in a federal detention center, Miller arrived at about 8:30 a.m. at the federal courthouse to testify for Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation about her conversations in July 2003 with Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Miller said in a statement that her source -- identified by the Times as Libby -- had released her from her promise of confidentially... "My source has now voluntarily and personally released me from my promise of confidentiality regarding our conversations relating to the Wilson-Plame matter," Miller said in a statement Thursday. Her newspaper identified Libby as the source, saying that Miller and Libby spoke in person on July 8, 2003, then talked by phone later that week. (AP - John Solomon, 9/30/05)

When asked how he felt about being responsible for Miller's imprisonment, "Scooter" Libby replied: "Get the f--- out of the country club and don't let the gold-plated gates hit your ass on the way out. Garcon, get me another steamed towel! And more shrimp cocktail, G--damn it!"

As this reporter left the premises under the protection of the Secret Service, one could faintly hear Mr. Libby cry out: "Oh, the humanity!"