CIA Vet's Harsh Retort to Rove's Spinners

[Douglas Carpenter]

by David Corn

link to the full article:

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?bid=3&pid=7948

"I first posted the following on my blog: www.davidcorn.com. If you're obsessed with the Rove scandal, visit that site for more news and analysis.

I've wasted too many hours of my life going on talking head shoutfests with conservatives who pooh-pooh the Plame/CIA leak matter (now known as the Rove scandal), who claim there was little damage done, who say that Valerie Wilson was only a desk jockey and dismiss her undercover status as "light" or "flimsy," who argue that no crime was broken and no wrongdoing occurred, and who are lightning quick to depict the controversy as nothing but a game of politics. These folks are spinning to save Rove and to protect the White House, and they distort, disinform, and dissemble for the team."

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[whistle]

1. Good conclusion by David Corn.....

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When this unprecedented act first occurred, the president could have immediately demanded the resignation of all persons even tangentially involved. Or, at a minimum, he could have suspended the security clearances of these persons and placed them on administrative leave. Such methods are routine with police forces throughout the country. That would have at least sent the right message around the globe, that we take the security of those risking their lives on behalf of the United States seriously. Instead, we have flooded the foreign airwaves with two years of inaction, political rhetoric, ignorance, and partisan bickering. That's the wrong message. In doing so we have not lessened, but increased the threat to the security and safety of the people of the United States.

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So, why has the senate failed to send FBI agents to the White House and arrest all of the BushCo operatives along with the president and vice president? That needs to happen right away before more damage occurs.