>>> For one, how was it an attack?
He wrote an oped piece essentially calling the White House liars. In reality, his own report supported their position, and they weren't relying on his report as the source of the material.
When he took this very public position, regardless of what it was, he must have known it would leave both him and his wife in the spotlight.
Frankly, it was Wilson who made his wife's name a household word.
I agree, in principle, that her name should not have been disclosed. But there was nothing illegal about the disclosure (as the indictment clearly suggests) and there hasn't been the slightest damage control effort (as is evidence by the photos all over the place), which suggests that it hasn't created much of a problem for her.
People will not agree about this -- you and I won't, I'm sure. But these crocodile tears over her career look bogus.
Bottom line -- IMO, the disclosure shouldn't have happened, but I don't see that anything illegal occurred (and most competent, unbiased attorneys would suggest that even the perjury lacked the motivation that is required for it to be prosecuted (as existed in the Clinton case, for example)). And had the disclosure truly created a problem, Ms. Plame would have tried to minimize the damage, which clearly was not attempted. |
