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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: [QB] You know what Robby-pooh, neither of those articles are worth very much when it comes to the allegations that someone at the White House confirmed that Mr. Wilson's wife was an agent with the CIA. In the first National Review article, Mr. Day seems to alledge that he "knew" that Valerie Plame, Mr. Wilson's wife, was a CIA agent because he heard it "from someone who formerly worked in the government" who mentioned it to him in "offhand manner." Well, there's proof for you. Take it to the bank, put-the-cat-out-and-lock-the-door proof. And, and, I might add, I guess that since Mr. Day was somehow told something off the record that we're supposed to assume that not only does everyone now know about it but that it is now ok for someone at the White House to allegedly confirm it?? Then there's this: [QUOTE]...leading me to infer it was something that insiders were well aware of.[/QUOTE]Well, well, insiders knowing the names of CIA agents. Pardon me but isn't that the very sort of information that insiders are supposed to know? Isn't that the sort of thing that makes an insider different from an outsider? Then, for some reason of importance which can only be found in some parallel dimension the article breaks away from the actual question at hand, someone at the White House allegedly breaking the law, to trash Mr. Wilson. This trashing, I guess, I suppose, is I guess supposed to make the alledged leaking of the name by the White House legal because they, what, they just didn't like him?? If you'll pardon a bit of an outburst, the article is just dumb. The second article, rather opinion piece, by Mr. Levin is even goofier. [QUOTE]Wilson created the very circumstance he now complains about. He voluntarily drew attention to himself and, by extension, his family. He interjected himself into an intense international policy dispute regarding the war with Iraq.[/QUOTE]According the Mr. Levin, Mr. Wilson brought this allegeded breaking of the law by the White House on himself because he spoke out?? Talk about blaming the victim. This is akin to a citizen saying "No, no, you honor, I asked where the nearest 7-Eleven was, Mr. Gang Member didn�t like my tone, so he shot me. I caused him to break the law." [QUOTE]While I'm all in favor of investigating national-security-related leaks, we'll never know if foreign-intelligence agencies, among others, had already learned of Plame's position thanks to the attention her husband drew to himself by taking the Niger fact-finding assignment in the first place.[/QUOTE]Here's the un-written part; they sure know now, it appears that someone at the White House told them. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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