Blogstorm hits Newsweek

Numerous bloggers are taking a hard look at how Newsweek bias led directly to riots and nearly a score of deaths in various Moslem countries. Best coverage of the situation and links to other important bloggers who weigh in can be found at Michelle Malkin's site.

I'm not sure Newsweek or their reporter, Isikoff, realize quite how much trouble they are in. The incident, in legal terms, resembles the Valerie Plame flap two years ago which started out as an embarrassment for Republicans but ended with two reporters being jailed for refusing to name their source who had leaked confidential information regarding a case that did not amount to whistle-blowing.

If the Justice Department gets interested in who is spilling sensitive info on an ongoing military investigation, and if Isikoff and his associate, Berry, aren't forthcoming, they could wind up doing some first person reports on the American penal system.

Which is a good thing.