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To: pompsander who wrote (11382)	11/26/2007 2:44:13 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 25737

"And no one disputes that the long-standing cover corporation that Plame worked under had to be shuttered and abandoned as a result of the leaks...destroying an asset used by our intelligence services for a long time." Certainly the CIA does not dispute that --- they so affirmed for the Courts.... The exact number of foreign assets killed or otherwise rounded-up by enemies may never be publically know, but the CIA has - off the record - maintained that the number is significant. And, the damage done to American interests (especially considering that the 'field' she worked in was WMD and nuclear proliferation) was significant. "Whether Plame was undercover or not," (The CIA maintained to the Court that she most assuredly was.) "... or whether someone violated the Act or not," Apparently not! (That pesky little legal technicality which required the agent to have been posted - for an uninterrupted - FIVE YEAR PERIOD immediately prior to the exposure... was missed by a couple of months.) " there was real damage done to our intelligence apparatus." The most important point amid all this partisan gamesmanship. "No one disputes that." Except for the uber-partisan 'haters', apparently. :-(