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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] It'll end soon. The media wants an investigation, but not so badly that they're willing to put up with being investigated in order to find out who actually leaked the info. (My money being on Tenet, who has means, motive, and opportunity. If only I were a Democrat, the seriousness of that charge would be enough to get wall-to-wall coverage for the next week. ) [URL=http://www.drudgereport.com/flash1.htm]Novak himself[/URL] says nobody in the Bush adminstration contacted him. [QUOTE]"Nobody in the Bush administration called me to leak this. In July I was interviewing a senior administration official on Ambassador Wilson's report when he told me the trip was inspired by his wife, a CIA employee working on weapons of mass destruction. "Another senior official told me the same thing. As a professional journalist with 46 years experience in Washington I do not reveal confidential sources. When I called the CIA in July to confirm Mrs. Wilson's involvement in the mission for her husband -- he is a former Clinton administration official -- they asked me not to use her name, but never indicated it would endanger her or anybody else. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE]"According to a confidential source at the CIA, Mrs. Wilson was an analyst, not a spy, not a covert operator, and not in charge of undercover operatives." [/QUOTE]Note that last bit. Somebody at the CIA [i]confirmed[/i] that she worked for them. Today's Flip-flop: ""This is one of the most reckless and nasty things I�ve seen in all my years of government," Schumer said. "Leaking the name of a CIA agent is tantamount to putting a gun to that agent�s head. It compromises her safety and the safety of her loved ones, not to mention those in her network and other operatives she may have dealt with. On top of that, the officials who have done it may have also seriously jeopardized the national security of this nation." - Charles Schumer, 7/24/03 "This bill would have violated the core purpose of the First Amendment. Although the bill seemed well intentioned in its attempt to deter leaks of classified information that could affect our national security, it did so without regard for the potential of rampant over-classification of government information and would have had a profound effect on the ability of an informed citizenry to keep our government honest," Charles Schumer, in his statement about Clinton's veto of a bill containing higher penalties for "leakers." 11/4/2000. Congressional Quarterly. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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