Tipping his Hand
The latest ironic turn in the Valerie Plame investigation:
NEW YORK What was Valerie Plame working on at the CIA when she was outed by administraton officials and columnist Robert Novak? MSNBC’s David Schuster on Monday said he had confirmed an earlier report that she was helping to keep track of Iran’s nuclear activity–not a front and center issue for the White House.
Earlier this year, Larisa Alexandrovna of the Web site RawStory.com, reported that Plame, whose covert status was compromised in the leak, was monitoring weapons proliferation in Iran. At the time, officials told her that Plame’s outing resulted in “severe” damage to her team and “significantly hampered the CIA’s ability to monitor nuclear proliferation.”
So… in an attempt to get Bush and Cheney re-elected, the Bush-Cheney administration leaked information that compromised the team that was watching over Iran’s nuclear program. Three years later, Bush is offering threats to Iran that sound chillingly like those he was shouting at Iraq before he sent in the troops.
If he was really serious about Iran’s nuclear program, one would think he wouldn’t out his own undercover agent.
I guess back then, national security was less important than his re-election.
It’s good to know where a person’s priorities are.
