Well, didn't die, but it's tarnished a little, in my opinion. Whoever put together "Quick Hits" for Reason today isn't very well informed on the Plame/Wilson leak case:

Has the Valerie Plame case morphed into a perjury or obstruction of justice case involving a high-ranking Bush administration official? The circumstances suggest it has.

It then cites this tendentious pile of myths by John Dean (gee, there's someone with no axes to grind...), which breathlessly cites Wilson's book about the evils of the Bush administration, and can't wait for it to come out in paperback. Problem is, of course, that Wilson has been demonstrated to be a notable liar, on this and other subjects, and few people other than rabid anti-Bush partisans still seriously believe that this was an intentional outing of an agent, or "intimidation" by the Bush administration. I doubt if the judge in question believes it either.

Another reason why, despite having subscribed since 1982, I won't be resubscribing when the current one runs out. I haven't even bothered to even open the issues when they come in the mail any more, because of stuff like this.

John Dean? He's still alive?