Not two hours before Rep. Massa was to appear on Fox News' Glenn Beck show Tuesday, new, leaked details of his ethics probe were hitting the Washingtonpost.com website.

Drudge was quick to point fingers at the culprit for the leaks, featuring a picture of Rahm Emanuel with the headline “Slime” – which linked to the Post story.

Though these ethics investigations are to be strictly confidential, Congressional sources seem to be oblivious to those constraints in an effort to undermine Massa’s claims he was pushed out of Congress to help the Democrats pass Obama’s health care plan. See: Massa Investigated for Allegedly Groping Staffers

The effort to undermine Massa’s credibility came as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined the fray, telling Charlie Rose Tuesday that her former colleague is "a very sick person."