Today did Mr. and Mrs. Wilson (the latter you may know better as Valerie Plame) file suit against Mr. I. Lewis ("Scooter") Libby, Mr. Karl Rove and Mr. Richard B ("Darth") Cheney in their capacities as individuals. Add to that list of victims 10 "John Does" to be named later.
This is a civil case, so the suit does not charge them with being "the most insidious of traitors" although I think it wishes it could. Instead the suit claims the defendants (yes, I'm paraphrasing)
1. violated the first and fifth amendments of the US Constitution with regard to the Wilsons;
2. sought retribution for freely-exercised speech, in treating the Wilsons differently than other citizens while acting as government officials;
3. denied them due process of law while violating their privacy, again acting as government officials;
4. deprived them of property, to-wit a property interest in employment by making it impossible to get a job;
5. conspired to deprive the Wilsons of their civil rights as listed above, "motiviated by an invidiously discriminatory animus toward those who had publicly criticized the [administration]";
6. while acting as government officials sworn to preserve and defend the civil rights of others, conspired to refrain from doing so (and then lie about it);
7. gossiped;
8. conspired to throw the Wilsons under the bus even though that sction was outside their job description;
You can look up the suit yourself. You have to register and supply a credit card number because the court is authorized to collect 8 cents per page. Or you can go here because I did all those things for you. (4 meg PDF file).
===EDIT===
Almost forgot. The person who referred to "the most insidious of traitors" was George Herbert Walker ("Big Daddy") Bush, 41st President of the United States.
