WaPo has all but fingered Mr. Green, in the library, with the candlestick. Stay with me now: Rove is saying he first learned of Plame’s identity from Libby, not from any classified dossier stuck conspicuously between the seat cushions on Air Force One. He also got the same dish from an anonymous second party in the White House. But before all this, Rove knew only that Wilson’s wife (at the time her name was unrevealed) worked at the CIA, which information came to him — or so he claims — by way of the press. This means that the first few drops of this leak were dripped either by Libby himself, or by that anonymous second party in the White House. Or by someone else entirely. At this point, my money’s on Margaret Spellings. That affably hip homeroom demeanor has always struck me as a little too perfect. And we now know she can’t have been terribly busy leaving no child behind. Follow the schoolteacher. MORE »

We applaud the extraneous geniuses at “Backup Brain” for creating a much more elaborate play at-home “Indictment Bingo” card. It generates randomly ordered row and lines of all the possible suspects from the almost-sure-things (Karl Rove) to the maybe-shouldn’t-be-on-the-card (Chris Matthews). So if you’re the kind of person who likes to watch the news with a score card, here’s your thing. As if hearing the list of indictees itself won’t be exciting enough! MORE »

Try to tenderize a scoop of uncooked turkey and see what happens to you. This just landed in our in-box from an editor at The Raw Story, sent from his on-the-record and very hush-hush Gmail account: MORE »

Thanks to everyone who’s entered our “Indictment Bingo” contest so far. Based on your picks, we’ve updated the play-at-home Indictment Bingo card (click to enlarge) so that there’s at least a small chance of crossing out an entire row. “Ham & cheese sandwich” is a free space, though we know John Hannah may be one, too…. And if you succeed in blacking out a row, don’t forget to shout “I want to know who the leakers are!” MORE »