Cheney on the block?

It appears that Cheney may be a target of the CIA leak investigation. How can Libby, who certainly is involved, not even hint this information to Cheney during the many, many hours they spend together?

Libby is often described as "Cheney's Cheney," a loyal and discreet lieutenant who shares his boss's hard-line philosophy and bareknuckle attitude toward political enemies of the Bush administration.

Cheney and Libby spend hours together in the course of a day, which causes sources who know both men very well to assert that any attempts to discredit Wilson would almost certainly have been known to the vice president.

"Scooter wouldn't be freelancing on this without Cheney's knowledge," a source told the Daily News. "It was probably some off-the-cuff thing: 'This guy [Wilson] could be a problem.'"

BushCo can't be taking this lightly? Is it really possible that Fitzgerald will actually lay down the law? Time is running out and I find it hard to believe...