The Identity of Spies
In my post on July 24th, I wrote the following about the Niger Uranium claim:
On another note, this Niger uraniam claim must go all the way up into the upper echelons of the White House. There is evidence that Cheney was the one that requested that an operative go down to Niger to ascertain if the intelligence was foolproof. An operative by the name of Joe Wilson was sent. The results? No evidence to support the claim that Iraq bought or sought uranium (yellowcake) from Niger. Don't you think that Cheney would have been biting at the bit to find out if there was even an ounce of accuracy to the claim? I do too.
In the meantime, someone in the White House called around to numerous newspapers trying to persuade someone to leak the name of Joe Wilson's wife, Victoria Plame, as another CIA operative. Bob Novak of the Chicago Sun Times agreed. Now the White House finds itself in a major crisis because outing an operative is a violation of two laws--The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Intelligence Identities and Protection Act of 1982.
However, as of today, the White House is saying that Rove, who was pointed out by Wilson, did not commit the leak. Also of note, Novak is not stating his sources, nor are any of the other newspapers contacted by "top officials" at the White House. Might Cheney be part of this? If Cheney was Wilson's boss, and a disgruntled one at that, would Cheney be the one behind this? Just some questions to gnaw on.
Meanwhile, please read some of the best commentary and analysis on the web in regards to this crisis--
The Bush Administration Adopts a Worse-than-Nixonian Tactic: The Deadly Serious Crime Of Naming CIA Operatives, by John Dean.
The Sunday Talkshow Breakdown at LiberalOasis.
Stephan at Absit Invidia has excellent posts today, titled Spy-gate Picks Up Steam, Spy-gate Again, and War Reading, which discusses the lingering controversy over missing WMD.
Douglas at The Agora directed me to John Dean's article, posted above. He has some great ruminations about the blooming of this crisis. Read Hope Springs Eternal and John Dean on Valerie Plame.
Josh Micah Marshall of Talking Points Memo, also, is in top form today. Please read his posts--Gagglepalooza From This Morning, Some Interesting Whistling, A Couple More Issues to Watch, Bob Novak Is, and Another Big Problem.
Drew Vogel at Terminus, likewise has great stuff. Please read At Last, We're Getting Somewhere and The Most Insiduous of Traitors.
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