The Stonewall Continues

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Perino: "Ed, I'm saying I'm not commenting on any specific technique. I'm not commenting on that gentleman's characteristics of any possible technique. I've given you a very general statement about interrogations being legal, limited and --"

Q: "You just said it was legal."

Perino: "I'm sorry?"

Q: "You said it was within the legal framework."

Perino: "Yes."

Q: "Everything that was done."

Perino: "Yes."

Q: "So waterboarding is legal."

Perino: "I'm not commenting on any specific techniques. And you can ask me all sorts of different ways, and we can go back and forth, but I'm not going to do it, Ed."

Where's the Outrage, Part II?

When it comes to the leak of Valerie Plame's identity and the ensuing cover up, Perino is still telling reporters that she can't talk -- even though I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has dropped his appeal.

I wrote in Monday's column that, now that Libby has decided not to appeal his multiple convictions in the leak case, there is no longer any excuse for the White House to stay silent. I chronicled some of the many instances in which Bush, Cheney and various press aides had made clear that once Libby's legal process was over they would answer questions.

But here's what happened in yesterday's early-morning gaggle:

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