LTTE re: Rove feedback please

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Over the last several days, we have seen President Bush and his administration circle the wagons in defense of Karl Rove, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff. Rove was identified by Time magazine as an administrative source who revealed the identity of Valerie Plame. Plame, as reported in July 2003 by Bob Novak, another recipient of leaked information from the administration, was “an Agency operative on weapons of mass destruction”.
Why, at a time when intelligence gathering is vital to our national security, would a member of the administration unmask any CIA operative, let alone one working on weapons of mass destruction?
In September of that year President Bush gave his word to the American people that if there was a leak out of his administration, he would want to know and “the person will be taken care of.” In October, spokesperson Scott McClellan promised America that if there was a leak, that person “would no longer work in the administration.”
Mr. President, there is a leak, you know the name of one person responsible, and he still works in the administration. And rather than take care of the problem, you have stated through your spokesperson that he has your confidence.
Mr. President, when you put politics ahead of national security at a time of war, you put the entire nation at risk.

[Evergreen Emerald]

1. nicely done

I like the ending.