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Bob Woodward has every reason to put George "Gulag" Bush's interests ahead of his readers', his newspaper's and the public's interests - they feed him and make him wealthy. But, as my spouse is fond of saying - "If you lay down with pigs, you get up smelling like them." Woodward has wallowed in the Bush pen (and trough) for too long.
If the Plame leak was an organized one, the White House agents are savvy enough to put their leaks out carefully and to let each other know to which reporters the beans have been spilled so it doesn't look like an organized attempt - imagine if Matt Cooper had the same information leaked to him by 5 different staffers. It would look like an attempt to discredit someone. Woodward is not even a reporter, as his editor admits - he's just the White House stenographer. He wasn't expected by the White House to rush out and write an article about Valerie Plame like the others were. But he could have confirmed a tip for a Walter Pincus or another reporter, if asked, because of his connections.
There's a manure smell about the whole thing. The WP should dump Woodward and let him go take Scott McClellan's place.
