Matt, Its just not the agent who is put in danger, its her covert contacts. When in Africa with her husband, during his assignments in central Africa, apparently her cover was as a business development officer for an American company. As such she met with a number of people, some for cover purposes, most however for activities related to her CIA assignments. Many countries do track contacts foreigners have with the locals. Suddenly all these people are in danger.
So it doesn't matter whether she was in the field when Rove outed her, the network of contacts she built up in Gabon and Niger were placed in considerable danger. larry On 7/19/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't suggest whether it was ethically right or wrong, that's a whole > other subject. I'm suggesting that if it's not a crime, then there's no > reason to be up in arms about this. If Valerie Plame WAS a secret CIA > operative in the field, AND Karl Rove knew it, AND he purposefully released > her identity to cause mischief for her, then that would probably be a crime. > As it stands, the first isn't true, and the second and third remain a > mystery. > > You have to admit that you should not convict somebody of a something other > than a crime, no matter how it's danced around. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=50 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165259 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
