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To: LindyBill who wrote (10576)	10/3/2003 11:58:07 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793719

A fine mess, indeed. I'm assuming that Agency lawyers can read the statute, and determine easily that no prosecution is likely to be successful. Instead of using their discretion and simply letting things ride, someone very high up in the CIA [had to be top level, no CIA mid-level person would dare take these kind of step against the WH] decided to go after the Administration. In effect, pretty damn close to a declaration of war against the WH on the part of the CIA, in my view. Serious stuff. Will adversely affect relations between the WH and the CIA so long as Bush is President. At a time when the Agency and the WH have to work together on the war against terror, this is a very, very bad thing. I ask again: What is really going on? What's the purpose of such a bold stance on the part of the CIA? Over someone essentially inconsequential who is probably known as a CIA operative to anyone who matters? Why go to war over such a small thing? I tell you, Bill, something serious is going on under the surface that provoked this silly tempest. We can only see a few vague reflections of it. A power struggle, probably. About what, though? Not much Bush can do, either. If he kicks ass at the CIA, like he probably should, he'll be accused of a coverup by the Dems, something that surely did not escape the CIA's attention when it started this conflagration. So, what is the CIA up to? Here are a few thoughts: I suppose we should simply look at the obvious. The identities of the leakers, probably known to the CIA, will become known sooner or later. They'll get canned and create a major political liability for Bush. If Cheney is involved, it'll be a huge political fireball that might signal the end of the Bush Administration. This is why I think there's a lot going on about which we simply have no idea. Kick-your-balls politics on the part of an intelligence agency is likely taking place. IMHO and FWIW.