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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (174980)	11/15/2005 2:26:43 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

From Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo... talkingpointsmemo.com (November 15, 2005 -- 01:41 AM EDT) The Washington Post's E.J. Dionne: "There is a great missing element in the argument over whether the administration manipulated the facts. Neither side wants to talk about the context in which Bush won a blank check from Congress to invade Iraq. He doesn't want us to remember that he injected the war debate into the 2002 midterm election campaign for partisan purposes, and he doesn't want to acknowledge that he used the post-Sept. 11 mood to do all he could to intimidate Democrats from raising questions more of them should have raised." This is an extremely good point. As is often the case in fierce debates some of the most relevant angles of discussion are left untouched because they serve neither side's purpose. This is most certainly one of them. -- Josh Marshall

To: cnyndwllr who wrote (174980)	11/15/2005 2:49:50 AM
From: mistermj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You are rationalizing something that is illegal and wrong. If the CIA thinks the administration is wrong they have to use proper and legal avenues to try to change that. There is no excuse for a classified information leak. Its obvious political manipulation. The left just went ballistic when they falsely assumed the Bush administration had outed Plame. Now you try to cast the same thing as "duty"? Are you now saying the "end justifies the means" because its something important to you ? Bush policy is arguable. Leaking classified info is not.