Received by e-mail from The Nation:

Yesterday, Senator Charles Schumer called for an FBI investigation into who illegally leaked information to columnist Bob Novak that former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife was a CIA agent. Newsday and the Palm Beach Post ran their own stories on the matter, the Washington Post buried it in a piece on the former CIA director, and a few small newspapers carried the AP story.

If Novak's reporting is correct, this is a blatant attempt to smear a Gerald Ford appointed, career diplomat and his wife. It's also a federal crime. Joseph Wilson spoke truth to power in his New York Times op-ed which rekindled interest in the Niger/uranium lies, and now he is being punished by the White House in an act to intimidate other people from speaking up.

Please do not let this abuse of power go under-reported. For background.....

• David Corn's original report which pointed out the illegal activity

• Corn's follow-up

• Schumer's press release calling for an investigation

• Wilson's New York Times op-ed