The biggest sign so far that September 11th may have been an inside job will not be heard on PBS. Though two FBI counterterrorism agents have come forward with information about pre-9/11 rivalries between the CIA and FBI that may have lead to withholding information and lying to investigators after the incident, their bosses over at the Bureau have nixed the idea of the duo appearing on a PBS special to tell their story.

Because it's untrue? Nope:

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On American Morning today, author and CIA veteran Bob Wallce showed off some of the spy industry's real life gadgets. Including using the stomach of a freeze-dried rat as a storage compartment. [CNN]

The CIA is again going after a New York Times scribe with a subpoena aimed at forcing James Risen to reveal his sources. How very Judy Miller! Risen's book State of War includes a chapter that "asserted that the C.I.A. had unsuccessfully tried, beginning in the Clinton administration, to infiltrate Iran’s nuclear program," and the government agency wants to know who told him so. Big difference this time around? The Times didn't publish any of the questionable material in the book, which means its legal team is, technically, off the hook. Even more so, their decision not to run that copy, while publishing other parts, sounds like a calculated decision: Times spokeswoman Catherine J. Mathis won't comment on why the paper didn't publish anything from that chapter.

Just when you thought it was safe to forget about that Times Op-Ed from four years ago, Valerie Wilson is back.

Her new book, Fair Game, was released today. Portions of the book, which chronicles her experience as an exposed C.I.A. agent, were censored by her former employer’s Publications Review Board. Like a very difficult blind item, those sections are included and blacked out in the new book.

Fair Game is currently number 23 on the Amazon Bestseller list. Unlike Jessica Seinfeld, who has the number one book on the list and is “[not] in this for the money or the publicity,” Wilson could use both the money and the publicity. Because of this scandal, she lost her job and has dealt with a smear campaign against her and husband for the past four years.

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• On the plus side, Diane Sawyer scored an exclusive with Tuberculosis patient Andrew Speaker. On the minus side, Sawyer has started to develop 'cold and flu-like symptoms."

• Valerie Plame to sue CIA for right to publisher her memoirs. You know, because the CIA tends to frown on "Behind-the-scenes at CIA headquarters!" tell-alls

• As newsroom jobs fade, demand for them continues to grow, presumably because most English and Journalism majors had to pass/fail Econ 101, and hence know nothing of "supply and demand."

• Studies show primetime television has lost its allure. And no, this isn't another anti-Katie Couric piece.

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