A Roving Ethical Problem

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A Roving Ethical Problem

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00268.htm

Much of Washington is abuzz about whether Karl Rove, the president’s deputy chief of staff and chief political operative, or perhaps other Bush administration officials, broke a law that prohibits government officials from disclosing the identity of CIA covert operatives. Ironically, the Intelligence Identities Protection Act—passed in 1982 after Philip Agee, a disaffected former CIA agent, divulged the names and positions of CIA agents worldwide—was heavily promoted by George W. Bush’s father as Vice President and is usually supported by hawks like those in the Bush administration.