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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
The original point was made to show the sensitivity of the government to the leakage of any information whatsoever, no matter how minute. This can be compared to the deliberate undermining of the cover of a CIA operative and the resulting risk to her and the operation.
If the government is sensitive to this behavior on the part of a reporter, they ought to go after the culprit in the CIA exposure with a vengeance.
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It all depends upon the status of the CIA employee. If she was covert, then it was a breach. If she was not covert, then it was not a breach.
Here's my latest tea-leaf reading.
The prosecutor has determined that no law was broken in the original release of Plame's name. But several people lied to the Grand Jury along the way. Prosecutors don't like that. It is what got Clinton's law license suspended. If they'll take-down a president, they'll take down any number of lesser mortals. And I think that is a good thing.
I don't like the high-and-mighty defying the law. Of all people, they should serve the public as examples of virtue. Go ahead and laugh, but that's what I believe. So when those wiseguys push the boundary, like Bernie Ebbers, let them sit in jail like a commoner.
If Rove did break the law, then I would love to see him share Ebber's cell.
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