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Perhaps you should be less patronizing.
If you are referring to the fact that most americans don't care about this woman's name being revealed, I agree with you it is a small issue.
But the fact is that Bush MADE it a big deal. He and his own spokespeople talked about what a major leak this was, how it compromised national security, how it was illegal and how it would not be stood for in the white house. I'm sorry but the president's spokesperson said that "at a minimum" any person who was involved in the leak would be fired.
Furthermore, the fact is that there is a fair amount of circumstantial evidence that this was done in retaliation for dissent. That's a very serious allegation, and, now that it is clear that the leak didn't come from some lackey, it is even more disturbing. One of the President's closest allies went out and ended the career of a CIA operative, who had contacts and relationships which were lost, because they didn't like her husband's public opinion. What kind of message and values does that reflect?
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