Star-Tribune Editorial: Scandal/Who outed CIA agent Plame?

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Call it Wilson-Plame-gate. It's not about cigars and blue dresses; it's about the security of this nation and the danger of revealing the identity of an undercover CIA operative. In a word, it is serious. <snip>

http://www.startribune.com/stories/561/4128418.html

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1. Interesting paragraphs from the article

last two:

"The Justice Department has responded affirmatively to Tenet's request for an investigation. But get this: When Justice informed the White House of the investigation Monday evening, it said it would be all right if the staff was notified Tuesday morning to safeguard all material that related to the case. The staff had all night to get rid of anything incriminating.

That incredible tidbit supports calls by Democrats and a slew of others for Attorney General John Ashcroft to appoint a special counsel to investigate this case. They're right: Ashcroft has no credibility in this, and neither does the White House, given its habitual effort to spin information, mislead the American people and smear anyone who disagrees with it. This developing scandal ultimately goes to the even more serious question of administration manipulation of intelligence on
Iraq, where American soldiers continue to die almost every day in a campaign that looks increasingly like a bad mistake."

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2. why the delay, mainstream media "not interested"

<snip>This scandal should have unfolded in July, but the mainstream media weren't interested. The story was kept alive because of dogged work by a few online bloggers, most especially Josh Marshall of "TalkingPointsMemo" (you can find him in the blogs section of www.startribune.com/2cents ). The bloggers will never get the attention and the high praise they deserve for keeping attention focused on this. So let it be noted here at least.<snip>

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3. This is a GREAT editorial!

I was just checking in to see if it had been posted yet, glad to see that it has.

The STrib has been slamming the Bush* maladminstration quite a bit these days, but I think this is one of the hardest hitting yet! It'll be interesting to see the letters over the next few days -- for sure the right wingers are going to be howling in outrage. (heh heh)

Thanks for posting this -- if you hadn't, I would have. :hi:

sw

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4. Star-Tribune

is one to keep an eye on. Well reasoned perspective and very hard hitting lately.

Hi too.