Actually I think there was a great deal of malice on the part of the administration. It's how they have always done things, starting with Ann Richards in Texas. You may be right about Novak -- haven't looked into the stories that led you to that conclusion -- but I find the idea that all these people are innocents betrayed by an eviljournalist to be dubious at best, and that's taking into account my own prejudices.
>> Sam wrote: >> so he drew first blood. >> > >The issue has NOTHING to do with Mr. Wilson personally or his report. >The only questions are: > >1.) Did the Bush administration privately read Mr. Wilson's report and >then publicly order his wife "outed" as punishment? 99.9% the answer >is no. > >2.) That answer creates a second question: if the Bush administration >didn't out Mr. Wilson's wife as punishment, how did this ever become a >public issue in the first place? > >Answer: Novak! He is the full and direct cause of everything that's >flowed since. He chose, despite the CIA spokesman warning, to reveal >the identity of Mr. Wilson's wife. He knew of her identity via >questioning of Administration officials and he decided, for partisan >reasons, to reveal his discovery to the world. > >3.) Either we agree that anything a member of the press is able to >glean from government is fair game to be revealed, thus making Novak >guilty of nothing, or we agree that the press shouldn't be revealing >deductions gleaned that may be injurious to government work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:211105 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
