So Time has announced that it will turn over reporter Matthew Cooper’s notes to keep him from being sent to jail in the Valerie Plame matter.

I agree that this is a horrific precedent which will have the effect of discouraging people from talking to reporters; no longer can reporters assure them that their identity will be protected.

On the upside, I can’t wait to find out which White House figure was doing the dirty-dishing….

Was it Scooter Libby? Karl Rove? Guesses, anyone? And what will President Bush do when the identity of someone who’s endangering the security of a CIA agent is exposed?

I love it when chickens come home to roost….