I've not seen much discussion of this, and the tracks are fast disappearing on the easily accessible web, so I'm dropping it here.

Three separate paragraphs of the Criminal Complaint against Blagojevich mention a "particular" columnist from the Chicago Sun-Times that Blagojevich talks about leaking to: paragraphs 97, 103 and 105.

Paragraph 97 is the most relevant:

97. On November 6, 2008, Rod Blagojevich talked with Spokesman. Rod Blagojevich told Spokesman to leak to a particular columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, that Senate Candidate 2 is in the running for the vacant Senate seat. According to Rod Blagojevich, by doing this, he wanted "to send a message to the [President-elect's] people," but did not want it known that the message was from Rod Blagojevich. Thereafter, Rod Blagojevich and Spokesman discussed specific language that should be used in the Sun Times column and arguments as to why Senate Candidate 2 made sense for the vacant Senate seat. A review of this particular Sun Times column on November 7, 2008, indicates references to the specific language and arguments regarding Senate Candidate 2 as a potential candidate for the Senate seat, as discussed by Rod Blagojevich and Spokesman.

The Chicago Sun-Times columnist being referred to here is Michael Sneed, but her November 7, 2008 column can no longer be found out of archives on the Sun-Times website, although a November 6, 2008 column by Lynn Sweet about Emanuel is still accessible. Shouldn't the Sun-Times be fortcoming about the possibility that one of their regular columnists was compromised by Blagojevich, and publicly explain why she was a conduit for his intentional leaks?