The Tom Donilon watch: How long before the national security advisor goes?

If he's lucky, I think the national security
advisor lasts until January. If he is not, he blows up on the launchpad in the
middle of the presidential election campaign. His fate, it seems to me, rests
in the hands of David
Sanger, who broke
the news that the American and Israeli governments were
jointly conducting a cybercampaign against 
the Iranian nuclear program, and had successfully inserted a virus that
wrecked Iranian centrifuges. If Sanger
cooperates with the
special counsels looking into the leaks about this highly
classified program, things are going to get interesting very quickly.

It wouldn't matter if Sanger, a fine reporter,
first got wind of highly classified info from an underling. What matters is
what Donilon said when asked by him. The moment of truth likely will be when a
government lawyer says, "Mr. Donilon, when Mr. Sanger asked you about 'Olympic
Games,' how did you reply?" If Donilon discussed the program with Sanger, he's
got a legal problem, I would think.

Hmmm -- anyone remember who Scooter
Libby's lawyer was?