Hardly a week goes by without stories in the Washington
Post and the New York Times that recite CIA leaks of
classified information, all of which are designed by
Democrats in the Agency to damage the Bush administration.
CIA on Brink of Victory Over Bush?
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We have written repeatedly about the CIA's war against the Bush administration, as, for example, here....
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It is impossible to understand the Valerie Plame affair without reference to this conflict. In the upcoming Weekly Standard, Stephen Hayes supplies the necessary conflict, as he focuses on the second leak in the Plame matter: the one from the CIA to NBC news, which revealed that the CIA had referred the Plame "leak" to the Justice Department:
Some additional relevant details: The CIA referral to the
Justice Department was classified, an intelligence source
tells The Weekly Standard. Anyone who disclosed the
existence of the referral and described its contents
broke the law. The agency, however, has thus far refused
to send a referral to the Justice Department that could
result in an investigation into the source and effects of
that leak. Why? An intelligence source tells The Weekly
Standard that there are limits--of time and manpower--to
how many such referrals the CIA can make. Perhaps. But
there's another possible explanation: The second leak
came from the CIA itself, and lawyers there are reluctant
to call for an investigation for fear of what such an
investigation might reveal.
One of the many outrageous aspects of the Plame controversy is that the CIA itself leaks like a sieve. Hardly a week goes by without stories in the Washington Post and the New York Times that recite CIA leaks of classified information, all of which are designed by Democrats in the Agency to damage the Bush administration. Why stop with Valerie Plame? I'd love to see all those CIA leakers criminally investigated and, where appropriate, prosecuted.
Via Real Clear Politics.
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