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Originally Posted by shinerbock
Absolutely what a waste of time and money. I hope Bush pardons him soon. For him to spend time in jail would be completely absurd.
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While I think this whole thing has been a waste of time and money... I want to see at least
someone come to justice for this.
Outing Valerie Plame could have gotten her killed, and she definitely can't work in a lot of places because of this. It also could have gotten her agents killed in their home countries - human intelligence is a dirty business, but it's important nonetheless. If we can't protect our assets overseas, especially from being outed by government officials for political reasons, how can we expect or hope that anyone will work with us?
Maybe it's just my somewhat "insider" opinion but compromising clandestine operations for political reasons is completely ridiculous. I'd rather Libby be a drain on tax dollars by being in jail than have other outings like this.