Does Cheney have a bull's eye on his back?

I certainly do hope so. It would give me endless pleasure to see that pompous prick indicted of ANY charge in the Plamegate scandal. Now I know how the Republicans felt when the Lewinsky brouhaha wouldn't die.

The difference, naturally, is that this is about national security and ruining a CIA agent's career and cover (and possibly endangering her life and that of any other agent who ever worked with her,) while Clinton's was about a stained dress and some steamy action in the Oval Office. Quite different if you ask me.

A special counsel is focusing on whether Vice President Dick Cheney played a role in leaking a covert CIA agent's name, according to people familiar with the probe that already threatens top White House aides Karl Rove and Lewis Libby.

The special counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald, has questioned current and former officials of President George W. Bush's administration about whether Cheney was involved in an effort to discredit the agent's husband, Iraq war critic and former U.S. diplomat Joseph Wilson, according to the people.

Anyway, I always wondered what the Wilsons were going to do with this administration's smearing campaign. If they were ever going to look for justice (or revenge, call it as you like.) Now I got my answer:

In an interview yesterday, Wilson said that once the criminal questions are settled, he and his wife may file a civil lawsuit against Bush, Cheney and others seeking damages for the alleged harm done to Plame's career.

If they do so, the current state of the law makes it likely that the suit will be allowed to proceed -- and Bush and Cheney will face questioning under oath -- while they are in office. The reason for that is a unanimous 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that Paula Jones' sexual harassment suit against then-President Bill Clinton could go forward immediately, a decision that was hailed by conservatives at the time.

Good. I really do hope they sue Bush and Cheney's asses all the way to Baghdad if necessary. This will also ensure that the matter will not die even after Fitzgerald is done with his criminal investigation into the leak of sensitive information.

And the fact that it was a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court ensures that even if Bush were able to put another judge who sympathizes with him on the court, he wouldn't be able to avoid this incoming cannonball.