Sleight of Hand?

These two grafs from the Wall Street Journal (no link because you need a subscription) may indicate how the White House intends to defuse the current mess over Plame-gate:

"The Justice Department probe into who leaked an intelligence officer's identity reaches beyond the White House, but remains focused on possible government sources rather than their media contacts.

Justice Department officials plan to notify employees of the Defense and State departments to preserve any documents relating to the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, and the Central Intelligence Agency already has been asked to do so, officials said.

By widening the investigation, Justice is likely hoping to redirect public and press attention from the White House - specifically from Shrub and Rove.

This may be an easier way to get through this than the North Korea angle (see last post).