LEAK-GATE[LEAK-GATE] Bush too unruffled by CIA leakFri Oct 10 17:11:39 200364.140.159.26 Bush too unruffled by CIA leak http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/1003/10cia.html;COXnetJSessionID=1HQ2bdskH3xRJpH0g2d1rxZa5SazS28DYIVmFd3E2qFhE7m3iyWi!76850718?urac=n&urvf=10658161910280.2531383831779096 President Bush seems oddly complacent about the fact that one or two of his top people may have intentionally exposed an undercover CIA agent, compromising that agent's work, safety and undercover contacts. That's an incredibly serious matter, and the continued presence of such a person in the White House ought to worry the president immensely. The fact that the exposure was an act of petty, mean-spirited political revenge against a political opponent ought to outrage him, particularly given his pledge to restore integrity to the White House. But apparently it doesn't. Bush has shown no sign of anger at the leak and, in fact, has publicly suggested that he doesn't think an investigation will succeed in finding the culprit. That doesn't concern him much either. He is trying to treat it as a leak just like any other leak, in a town that leaks like a sieve anyway. This is not any leak. The agent in question, Valerie Plame, has been a CIA operative for almost 20 years, recruiting and running undercover agents overseas to gather intelligence on the spread of weapons of mass destruction. That is a critically important line of work, so important that certain nations have even been known to go to war over WMD. So how did Plame become the target of "two senior administration officials," who exposed her identity to columnist Bob Novak and other Washington reporters? Well, she also happens to be the wife of retired U.S. diplomat Joseph Wilson. And Wilson has become a hated figure within the Bush administration for his role in exposing false claims that Iraq had been trying to buy enriched uranium for use in a nuclear weapon. That act made Wilson fair game for political counterattack by the Bush administration, and he apparently understood that. However, it most assuredly did not make Wilson's wife a legitimate target. Nor can it justify exposing her as a CIA operative, which is classified information. Bush, by his apparent indifference, sends the disturbing message to his staff that such behavior is no big deal. That reveals more about his administration than all the investigators in the world ever could. ============================================= Searched news for CIA LEAK. Results 1 - 10 of about 4,900 LEAK-GATE: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LEAK-GATE/join This White House Scandal Finally Tips the Scale!http://www.apfn.org/apfn/leakgate.htmPost message: LEAK-GATE@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: LEAK-GATE-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: LEAK-GATE-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: LEAK-GATE-owner@yahoogroups.com "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism" - Thomas Jefferson"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be...The People cannot be safe without information." -- Thomas Jefferson http://disc.yourwebapps.com/Indices/149495.html ==========================================================Friday Forum for 10/10/03Media ignoring Novak’s offenseEditor:While the national media harps on the boorish behavior of Arnold, they are again ignoring what I consider a grave national security issue. Robert Novak, a self proclaimed conservative columnist, printed a leak from the Whitehouse administrative staff which exposed the name of a CIA agent.This CIA agent just happened to be married to a career diplomat who publicly disagreed with the Bush Administration claim that Iraq bought yellowcake uranium from Niger.It appears to me that exposing the agent was a warning to anyone who dares to disagree with the claims of this administration. What other possible reason could there have been?The media has only superficially discussed the harm this extortion type action caused our nation. Not only was Plame outed but her exposure probably exposed most of her contacts. We will probably never know the number of people who will end up dead because Novak so willingly did the bidding of “someone in the Whitehouse administrative staff.”Then there is the question of the dollars and years of effort expended to build the contacts. In essence, the CIA has been effectively neutered in that part of Africa for years to come. If Niger is a potent source of yellowcake uranium, they are now in a position to sell to the highest bidder without fear of being chastised by the U. S. because now they know who the snitches are.It’s a felony to identify a CIA undercover agent. In my book it’s also treasonous.Jo Davis, ShawneeFacts disputedEditor:I challenge the person who wrote the Black Fox Anniversary viewpoint to come forward and provide us some accurate information. To make it really simple, just answer the following four questions:1. Will you please provide the EXACT date of the last occurrence of the Verdigris River going “bone dry?”2. Why did you say, “The U.S. has 25,000 nuclear weapons, give or take a few.”?In less than 5 minutes on the Internet I was able to learn on the Greenpeace (yes, the anti-nuclear, tree-hugging, ultra-liberal one) web site that the current U.S. arsenal is estimated to consist of:7200 operational warheads…… 5600 strategic, 1600 tactical2,500 warheads in a contingency stockpile, available for redeployment3,000 warheads in inactive reserve statusI also learned that actual nuclear warhead production has been completely shut down in the U.S. (although warhead modification, retrofit, and maintenance activities continue at a reduced level), most of the nuclear weapons manufacturing infrastructure has been dismantled, and the focus of the remaining nuclear infrastructure has shifted to dismantling surplus weapons.3. I light of the above facts, do you still expect us to believe that, “The reactors are just Hydrogen Bomb Factories.”?4. There are 108 nuclear power plants currently in the U.S. The first one went on-line in 1957. Which of those reactors has turned their state into a nuclear waste land?Larry Long, Claremore(We stand admonished. The viewpoint in question about the Black Fox anniversary was contributed , and we errored by failing to identify the source. We are not surprised that the facts stated in the piece are disputed ... The editor.)Hard to understandEditor:This may be misplaced, but I feel I must try it. It is in reference to the stabbing at the football game last Friday night. I would like for a young person to reply to this, if any may care enough. I have to say, "I don’t understand!" Whatever possesses young people to pull a weapon on a friend or acquaintance, let alone use it?I may be old fashioned, but I would never have considered such a course of action when I was a teen. It seems young people think pulling, or using a weapon makes them tough. NOT!What makes a person tough is being able to settle differences without recourse to that kind of thing, using ones hands, if it comes to physical confrontation. But a really tough person will avoid that because he/she has nothing to prove.Please, will one of you explain. I’m sure I’m not the only adult who is mystified by this type of action.Bill Biswell, ClaremoreJewel at OSUEditor:Despite recent outbreaks of West Nile Virus and the unrelenting march of fire ants into Oklahoma, the new administration at Oklahoma State University proposes to “dissolve” Oklahoma’s only Entomology and Plant Pathology Department and disperse it into other areas.Without the resources and research now provided so efficiently by this focused group of dedicated entomologists, both urban and rural Oklahomans will be short-changed when they need solutions to annoying pest problems. Other universities are certain to eagerly lure outstanding professors and top incoming students to out-of-state colleges with promises of career advancement and greater academic respect, leaving Oklahoma with a lack of qualified entomologists.At a time when the need for entomological research seems even more obvious, this proposal to tear apart the department appears short-sighted. Oklahomans must recognize that OSU’s Entomology and Plant Pathology Department is a jewel that needs to be polished, not discarded and insist that the OSU administration leave the department intact with complete academic programs available for both undergraduate and graduate students.Resa R. Pace, EdmondLiberal label okayEditor:I wish the Republicans and their supporters would come up with a new invective to call Democrats. They pull “liberal” out every time they want to denounce and detract from anything or anybody.Is it liberal to want good schools for our children? Is it liberal to want a living wage for families? Is it liberal to want a safe environment to work in and live in? Is it liberal to want health care costs to be reasonable? Is it liberal to want both the young and the old in this country to have an economic safety net? Is it liberal to want to be able to express an opposing opinion about an administration that has made some questionable policy choices?If these things are the mark of a liberal, then I am one and proud to call myself so. I think it is past time for these anti-people to come up with some viable solutions to society’s problems instead of whining and name-calling.Roni Fortner, ClaremoreChild abuseEditor:On Thursday morning, Oct. 2, 2003, I witnessed a sad case of child abuse at Wal-Mart. It was about 10:15 a.m., and I was shopping near McDonald’s, when I saw a young mother slap her toddler, about 2 years old, across the mouth, knocking her off her feet onto the floor.I said, “Oh, poor little baby, poor little baby,” to the mother who, while carrying another child, scooped up the toddler and scurried away, towards the front of the store.I was stunned by the violence I had witnessed and sleep-walked through the rest of the day; I got through my meeting in the evening as best I could, but when I finally got home to my apartment, broke down and cried for that little girl. Who knows what horrors she went home to?I continue to pray that God will give me the knowledge as to what to do about this case. I will not rest until I find who that little girl was, and if she’s O.K.Jerre Hair, Claremore http://www.claremoreprogress.com/archive/article.php?sid=10437&mode=nested&order=0 BUSH UNHAPPY W/RUMSFELD & POWELL — THOMAS M. 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