“On the evening of September 26, 2003, MSNBC had posted a story on its Web site reporting that the CIA had asked the Justice Department to investigate the [CIA operations officer Valerie] Plame [identity] leak…for the [Bush] administration, the implication was ominous: if somebody at the White House had disclosed her name, that person could be in personal jeopardy.”
– Michael Isikoff and David Corn, Hubris, Page 317