Imagine.

What would the wingnuts in Congress be doing if this had happened during the Clinton administration? With Janet "Who's your Momma, Newt?" Reno's help, Ken Starr would already be all over this. There would be calls for blood. Claims of treason.

But, at least, the White House press corps seems to finally be getting a bit more aggressive. Ari Fleischer must have watched this and, thought, "whew; glad I'm outta there."

But one has to admire the administration's ability to actually live in the land of Dr. Seusia: No investigation has begun because only the media have brought this to their attention; when someone other than the media investigates and finds wrongdoing, then the DoJ will investigate. Whoa. Once more, I listen to the Bushies and I feel like the Aflac goose.

But I have to ask, why has it taken this long -- the Evans column ran in July -- to even begin to talk about an this crime?

Infuriating, but I think this is one scenario in which the White House can't simply puff out their respective chests and pronounce that these claims are undermining the war on terror. Once again, it is they who are doing the undermining.

But they're circling the wagons.