Fitzmas May Come In Fits And Starts, But This Rainmaker Is About To Turn On The Faucets

If you have been starving for news about the further prosocution of the leakers (that W said would not be tollerated in his administration), here's a quick update:

With withering and methodical dispatch, White House nemesis and prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald yesterday sliced up the first person called to the stand on behalf of the vice president's former chief of staff.

If I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was not afraid of the special counsel before, the former Cheney aide, who will face Fitzgerald in a trial beginning Jan. 11, had ample reason to start quaking after yesterday's Ginsu-like legal performance.