The Valerie Plame Game of Clue

I've invented a game. Now, remember, this is JUST A GAME. Don't take my conclusions or anybody else's as anything other than a love of mock detective work and mystery. I invite everybody to play along.

The game is very simple. You remember the game of Clue, right? Well, instead of the board being a representation of a mansion, pretend the board is instead a map of Washington, DC. Using your love of intrigue and deduction, try to figure out who the second source for the Valerie Plame leak is. C'mon, it'll be fun. It's the weekend. You're allowed to play games. After you mow the lawn, that is. And the garage could use a little paint, too. But just do your chores and then settle in for a little diversion.

I'm going to go first. Now, REMEMBER, this is ONLY A GAME. Don't go getting all mad at me or calling me names about my guess. I'm just trying to help us all have a good time and exercise our brains, as if we were Angela Lansbury on "Murder, She Wrote."

Okay, I've gone all around the board as best I can, not being in Washington, DC, and not having any contacts in the actual government or town itself. I'm just going off my hunch based on what I've been reading and my observations of the players involved for the past four years. And I'm going to say that it was ...

... Colonel Dick Cheney, in the Vice President's Office, with a telephone.

My deduction process? Well, I guess it's just that he always seems to me like the kind of guy who gets really impatient with people who don't agree with him, and I can imagine him deciding that telling a reporter that Joe Wilson's wife got him the job would be a good way of somehow making Wilson seem like a wuss or a kept man, which would then somehow discredit him in the eyes of the public.

But, once again, this is just my guess. I invite everyone who reads the HuffPost to play along. Who knows? Maybe somebody will pony up a prize for the winner. Arianna?