And what Rove did was petty and vindictive. There had to be more dignified ways of addressing Mr. Wilson's criticisms of the war. Ok, he didn't commit a crime, but that doesn't excuse him from being a snake.
And that gets me to wondering, Rove and Bush are joined at the hip.....there's no way all of this went on without W knowing about it...... > 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 with Flash Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=51 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165260 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
