Quote:
Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam
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.
|
1) No proof she was "outed" for political reasons, 2) very sketchy as to her covert status, with CIA officials saying it was highly unlikely she would have gone back overseas at the time of the "outing" 3) I'm still troubled by the aspect that people investigating on behalf of the government took it upon themselves to undermine their own government's foreign policy decisions. The politics in this situation do not just extend to what happened with the VP's office.