I owe an acknowledgement to Josh Marshall and the others who have built this site and operate it. Though I've never personally met anyone affiliated with TPM, and certainly none of its honorable contributors, I am at perfect liberty - as an ordinary observer - to set up shop under the TPM name, and that is a privilege indeed.

Moreover, don't let it be forgotten that TPM did some important work for us in the early days of this leak investigation - especially in researching and publicizing Bob Novak's use of the word 'operative'. (Here is a link to a post to refresh the memory.) But enough of the flattery...

...and back to the finger-drumming, while we go about our normal  workdays, waiting to see what the special prosecutor has for us. Or, to paraphrase the left side of the blogosphere, on what day will 'Fitzmas' fall this year?