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Hold on here, folks. As Mark Kleiman said more eloquently than I, it *doesn't freakin' matter* if Mrs. Wilson is CIA or not. What matters is that two -- count 'em, two -- sources in the Amdinistration told a journalist for use in publication -- in short, blew her cover. The only alternative explanation I can come up with is that Novak just made the whole thing up (in which case he's set himself up for a dandy libel suit).

If she is not a CIA agent, her professional and personal reptuations have been damaged.

If she *is* a CIA agent, her professional and personal reputations have been damaged, her value as an intel asset is now zilch, and the information may literally have put her life -- or more likely, the lives of her contacts -- in danger.

And for what?

There's simply no good interpretation to this sordid event. At the very least, Mrs. Wilson's repuation has been sullied, whether the information is true or not. But what's worse is that this Administration that is definitely obsessed with secrecy and, we're supposed to believ, concerned about national security apparently did so out of sheer pique. It's simply unforgivable.

Paul,

I dug the Matt Howarth reference. :D

Of *course* this rhetoric will fire up Bush's base -- but we in the loyal opposition will never, ever capture their vote anyway, so who cares?

In 2000, Bush, running as a largely unknown quantity, failed to capture even a plurality of the vote by appealing both to the base and the moderates. I don't care how comments like this play with the "kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out" crowd; I care that moderates and uncommitted voters see it for the horror it is.

And with the inevitability of more attacks, I fear that they will, at a terrible price for our troops.

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