PLAME INDICTMENTS IMMINENT?

Via Marshall, check this out, from UPI:

Federal law-enforcement officials said that they have developed hard evidence of possible criminal misconduct by two employees of Vice President Dick Cheney's office related to the unlawful exposure of a CIA officer's identity last year. The investigation, which is continuing, could lead to indictments, a Justice Department official said.

According to these sources, John Hannah and Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, were the two Cheney employees. "We believe that Hannah was the major player in this," one federal law-enforcement officer said. Calls to the vice president's office were not returned, nor did Hannah and Libby return calls.

Wow. If true (and there's a long way to go in this investigation), this would spell serious trouble for the administration. Though if you're a Giuliani-VP-replacement conspiracy theorist, then perhaps this plays right into that idea. On the other hand, given the extended timetable of the investigation, actual action on Cheney's underlings might happen too late in the process for him to jump ship.