Billmon: Plumber's Helper

Earlier I referred to the ongoing revelations about the Cheney administration's domestic spying operations as an Orwellian strip tease act, and now it looks like the pasties are finally coming off: senior federal law enforcement official tells ABC News the government is tracking the phone numbers we (Brian Ross and Richard Esposito) call in an effort to root out confidential sources.

"It's time for you to get some new cell phones, quick," the source told us in an in-person conversation.