Even the NY Times Says It Wasn't Illegal

Liberals and Democrats believe as gospel the whole Valerie Plame/Joe Wilson fiasco was an example of Bush acting illegally. Well wake up lefties, even your bible, the NY Times, admits that it wasn't a crime:

Meanwhile, an even more basic issue has been raised in recent articles in The Washington Post and elsewhere: the real possibility that the disclosure of Ms. Plame's identity, while an abuse of power, may not have violated any law. Before any reporters are jailed, searching court review is needed to determine whether the facts indeed support a criminal prosecution under existing provisions of the law protecting the identities of covert operatives.

(Emphasis mine) I've always felt that this story was blown way out of proportion, but as the recent Gannon/Guckert non-story has shown us, the Donks have so little on Bush that a story about a web writer with a Whitehouse day pass gets them all worked up into a lather.

James Taranto has much more on this.