My dogs are quite fervent in their belief that an assault on the house by an army of killer squirrels is imminent. I'm told it will be led by the postman.

I don't know why that comes to mind this morning when I hear the passionate media poobah dismissal of Scott McLellan's new book, and the insistence that he has joined the ranks of liberal bloggers in an outlandish attack on their integrity.

To be led by Jon Stewart.

I guess it's time to take a trip down the Plame rabbit hole:

[I]n July 2003, Time reporters Cooper, Duffy, and Dickerson all knew that Rove had outed Plame. But three months later, all three of them helped produce a Time article (Duffy received a byline; the others were credited with having contributed to the reporting) that falsely suggested that Rove had nothing to do with it:

When word spread last week that the Department of Justice (DOJ) was launching a full criminal probe into who had leaked Plame's identity, Democrats immediately raised a public alarm: How could Justice credibly investigate so secretive an Administration, especially when the investigators are led by Attorney General John Ashcroft, whose former paid political consultant Karl Rove was initially accused by Wilson of being the man behind the leak? A TIME review of federal and state election records reveals that Ashcroft paid Rove's Texas firm $746,000 for direct-mail services in two gubernatorial campaigns and one Senate race from 1984 through 1994. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said accusations of Rove's peddling information are "ridiculous." Says McClellan: "There is simply no truth to that suggestion."

Cooper, Duffy, and Dickerson all knew McClellan's statement was false. But despite that knowledge, they participated in the publication of an article containing that quote, with no indication that it was untrue. They participated in the publication of that article, which, in reporting that "Rove was initially accused by Wilson of being the man behind the leak," implied that Rove was no longer under suspicion -- even though they all knew that Rove was, in fact, Cooper's source.

It was the worst kept secret in Washington DC. And yet, somehow everyone throws up their hands and says "who knew."

If you'll excuse me, there's a squirrel on my porch. No doubt some sort of scout.

It is evidently imperative that we barricade ourselves with pork chops.