Let's assume the authors of this piece are non-partisan
Bwaaahaaaahaaaahaaahaaha! <takes deep breath>.
In order to disprove this assertion/opinion (How the hell would Novak's buddies know Plame's CIA assignments?),
There is a need to produce evidence that Valerie Plame qualifies as a "covert agent" per \ufffd 426. There must be evidence that she served outside the US, a single official trip overseas might suffice. There are published reports that Plame served in London and Brussels in the early to mid 1990s.
In a October 1, 2003 Knight Ridder report entitled "Justice Launches Probe Into CIA Leak," an anonymous CIA official was quoted as saying, "If she was not undercover, we would have no reason to file a criminal referral," referring to the referral by the CIA to the Justice Department that a crime may have been committed.
If Plame's identity as a CIA employee was in fact classified, Rove's leak may also have violated other U.S. laws, including the Espionage Act. Failure to protect classified information, criminal or not, is often grounds for the revocation of one's security clearance. Finally, Rove has been interviewed by the FBI and has testified before a grand jury. Misrepresentations to either could be a crime.
[link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Plame#Known_background|Wikipedia]
Edit: apology retracted as Beep has used, approximately in order, the first 4 of the RNC talking points found at my link posted above.
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Silverlock
July 15, 2005, 08:51:29 PM EDT
Let's assume the authors of this piece are non-partisan
Bwaaahaaaahaaaahaaahaaha! <takes deep breath>.
In order to disprove this assertion/opinion (How the hell would Novak's buddies know Plame's CIA assignments?),
There is a need to produce evidence that Valerie Plame qualifies as a "covert agent" per ยง 426. There must be evidence that she served outside the US, a single official trip overseas might suffice. There are published reports that Plame served in London and Brussels in the early to mid 1990s.
In a October 1, 2003 Knight Ridder report entitled "Justice Launches Probe Into CIA Leak," an anonymous CIA official was quoted as saying, "If she was not undercover, we would have no reason to file a criminal referral," referring to the referral by the CIA to the Justice Department that a crime may have been committed.
If Plame's identity as a CIA employee was in fact classified, Rove's leak may also have violated other U.S. laws, including the Espionage Act. Failure to protect classified information, criminal or not, is often grounds for the revocation of one's security clearance. Finally, Rove has been interviewed by the FBI and has testified before a grand jury. Misrepresentations to either could be a crime.
[link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Plame#Known_background|Wikipedia]
(I apologize for the talking points dig, it was uncalled for.)
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