Do not make the mistake of thinking that because my conclusion is the same as another person's that my reasoning is the same
I haven't blogged the Valerie Plame story because it's being covered by more informed folks than I. But I'm blogging this out of sheer pleasure.
via Calpundit:
A senior administration official said two top White House officials called at least six Washington journalists and revealed the identity and occupation of Wilson's wife. That was shortly after Wilson revealed in July that the CIA had sent him to Niger last year to look into the uranium claim and that he had found no evidence to back up the charge. Wilson's account eventually touched off a controversy over Bush's use of intelligence as he made the case for attacking Iraq.
"Clearly, it was meant purely and simply for revenge," the senior official said of the alleged leak.
Let's recap:
So much for my thought that the Justice Department would mount a desultory investigation and then give up. This baby is just heating up and there's no way to keep these names secret now. It's only a matter of time.
Stay tuned. Stay very tuned.
Make no mistake: this is treason…of the constitutional, as opposed to the CoulterThing, variety. If their is any reason in the collective American mind this, when proven, should cause the outing of the entire neocon structure, as well as shaming the media into avoiding the blatant ass-kissing and sensationalism seeking that let the neocons get into this position in the first place.
It is TV Talking Heads time. Time to see who mentions what, and what they say.
Posted by P6 at September 28, 2003 09:14 AM | Trackback URL: http://www.prometheus6.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1775There's no excuse for the leak. None at all. Someone needs to be fired at the very least.
My hypocrisy meter however, makes me wonder where this liberal outrage was when then Democratic House member Robert Torricelli " outed " in violation of both federal law and House intelligence Committee rules, a CIA source who happened to be a scumbag colonel in a Central American military. This indirectly identified the colonel's handler( and possibly more than one person) as a CIA operative instead of a diplomat to every government in the world.It could not have been clearer if Torricelli had used a spotlight. This action also crippled the ability of the CIA to recruit sources for sometime afterward
The House Democrats declined to remove the Torch from his Intelligence committee seat or discipline him in any formal way. ( Perhaps they did informally because Torricelli opted to run for the Senate soon afterward)Nor did liberal punditry have much to say about the matter, except perhaps to approve and chide Langely for talking to such fascists in the first place.
It would be nice if both political parties could return to the pre-1974 practice of not making classified intelligence issues overt political footballs. It's not right no matter who does it.
My hypocrisy meter however, makes me wonder where this liberal outrage was when then Democratic House member Robert Torricelli " outed " in violation of both federal law and House intelligence Committee rules, a CIA source who happened to be a scumbag colonel in a Central American military.
I can but speculate. Maybe scumbags get less respect than loyal operatives, who knows?
Wilson started this whole affair when he leaked the nature of his mission for political reason. I don't agree with the idea of using leaks as a weapon, but I do agree with the notion that he who lives by the sword dies by the sword.
Whatever it is, it certainly isn't treason. Which part of the treason clause was violated, levying war against the US (like Lindh) or adhering to its enemies giving aid and comfort (like the human shields in Iraq?)
Treason, because
- We're at war, right? Against terrorist, or terror, or something
- We are trying to prevent the enemy from getting weapons of mass destruction, right?
- She is a case officer in the CIA's clandestine service and works as an analyst on weapons of mass destruction. Novak published her maiden name, Plame, which she had used overseas and has not been using publicly. Intelligence sources said top officials at the agency were very concerned about the disclosure because it could allow foreign intelligence services to track down some of her former contacts and lead to the exposure of agents.
- Exposing the contacts and other agents would help the enemy, right?