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Originally Posted by shinerbock
I completely understand what you're saying with that, but IMO going after Libby serves no genuine purpose. Novaks column was returning fire against Wilson, but how that came about will probably always be unclear. I don't care what Wilson's opinion is, but when a liberal uses information gained in a governmental capacity to enact an agenda, I think people have a right to be concerned. Of course theres nothing for him to get in legal trouble for, but it annoys me that people are acting like he's just some innocent governmental actor who got worked over because he didn't side with the administration.
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The reason they've gone after Libby is that Libby knew that Plame was a covert agent, and, while Armitage's comments were published first, he did reveal her to Judith Miller just days later. If we're going for legality in regard to the Intelligence Identity Protection Act, the one thing it is clear on is
knowingly revealing the identity. Armitage, according to what he's said about it, which isn't much, knew that she worked for the CIA, but did not know that she was a clandestine officer, much less that she was on non-official cover (meaning she did not have diplomatic immunity and, if caught, would face espionage charges in whatever country she happened to be operating).
In my mind, Plame should never have been involved with Wilson. Her connection with him compromised her cover and opened her up for outing from political opponents, etc. He never should have EVER EVER mentioned his trip to Africa - he had as heavy a hand in outing her as many others in this case, IMO.
For the movie - they say that the stars in consideration for it are Richard Gere and Sharon Stone. Stone I can see - Plame's a pretty blonde, Stone's a pretty blonde... ok... But Richard Gere? Come on. Wilson is not, nor will he ever be, nor has he ever been, as attractive as Richard Gere.
I mean, Chris Cooper doesn't look like Robert Hanssen either, and O'Neil definitely doesn't look like Ryan Phillipe, but even considering Wilson to be anywhere on par with Richard Gere is offending to this Gere fan!