It's so rare I actually get be appalled here at shocked and appalled. But even the right-wingers are appalled about the intentional leak of an undercover CIA officer's name to a journalist. The move was apparently an act of revenge against the officer's husband, who had criticized the government's claim about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

The story surfaced a while ago, but appears to just be generating outrage now, since the Justice Department is finally looking into it.

Here's a quote from the Washington Post story

A senior administration official said two top White House officials called at least six Washington journalists and revealed the identity and occupation of Wilson's wife. That was shortly after Wilson revealed in July that the CIA had sent him to Niger last year to look into the uranium claim and that he had found no evidence to back up the charge. Wilson's account eventually touched off a controversy over Bush's use of intelligence as he made the case for attacking Iraq.

"Clearly, it was meant purely and simply for revenge," the senior official said of the alleged leak.

Lovely.