The Special Prosecutor

Before Joseph Wilson was expose as a liar, the Justice Department appointed a special prosecutor to investigate his accusations.

The Wall Street Journal thinks that it's just about time for him to close up shop.

Mr. Wilson's defense, in essence, is that the "Republican-written" Senate Intelligence Committee report is a partisan hatchet job. We could forgive people for being taken in by this, considering the way the Committee's ranking Democrat, Jay Rockefeller, has been spinning it over the past week. But the fact is that the three most damning conclusions are contained not in Chairman Pat Roberts's "Additional Views," but in the main body of the report approved by Mr. Rockefeller and seven other Democrats.

And, the Wall Street Journal reminds us that Nation Magazine gave Wilson its "Award for Truth Telling."