Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>>>well, you forgot to mention the important part -- INTENT TO OUT a COVERT agent<<<


Didn't forget that at all, but until now you were still in denial about Plame's covert status so why bother talking about intent to out her? Sounds like you finally have accepted her true status as covert so now I can say that I agree with you on the intent issue. Never been proven which is what everyone expected from the start. The law - as written - makes in almost impossible to prove that someone violated it.

That said.......wouldn't it be reasonable to expect some of the nations highest office holders in Washington to assume that anyone working for the CIA might be covert and that gossiping about him/her at cocktail parties may not be a great idea? They've all said they didn't know what her status was which implies they knew she could possibly be covert.