Hang on to your hats

The Justice Department announced today they are beginning an investigation into the New York Times leak of the NSA spying practices. You can be we'll have a few more reporters in jail before this one is over, and these are the reporters who were actually doing their jobs (unlike Judy Miller). I have a feeling this one is going to be a wild ride.

Update: Firedoglake has the following lucid observation about this:

Strange how they are only starting the investigation now, a year after the Administration knew NYTimes was working the story. Can you say retaliation for this going public and making Bushie look bad? I mean, honestly, if they had been serious about getting to the bottom of the leak, wouldn't they have started looking into it a year ago when the WH started pressuring the NYTimes to keep the story under wraps? The closer to the leak you start the investigation, the better in terms of tracking down the leak. I'm just sayin'.