Monday, March 27, 2006
Is Our National Security At Risk? 7/25/05
I was TV clicking and came across a Joint Senate & House Committee Hearing on CSPAN, (go to www.cspan.org, Hearing on Security Implications etc). Two of the speakers, where highly respected former Republican CIA operatives. They shared their concern about current events pertaining to the revealing of Valerie Plame, as a covert CIA operative. (She is the wife of former Bush Senior’s Ambassador to Iraq Joseph Wilson).
They feel that because this Administration now allows CIA operatives to be revealed, operatives no longer feel supported by this Administration. (Federal law forbids government officials from revealing the identity of an undercover intelligence officer). This is an extremely serious situation. They say that operatives no longer trust that they are safe, and are fearful that they will be undermined, putting themselves and their families at risk. These people are now afraid to come forward. It also means that informants around the world will think twice before offering the sort of information that is vital to our security not being compromised.
Bill Clinton was impeached, not for what he did, (which was awful), but for lying to the American people.
This administration told us in September 2003 that Karl Rove had nothing to do with Plame’s outing. Now, after Bush’s special prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald’s inquiries show that Rove did leak her identity to Robert Novak, even though Rove knew she had Top Secret clearance, “We The People” are being lied to again. Will there be any ramifications this time? Last time, it affected a few people, this time it will effect our whole nation at a time of war.
Interestingly enough, George Bush Senior’s Administration actually fired Karl Rove in 1992 for leaking information to, would you believe it…..Robert Novak!
They feel that because this Administration now allows CIA operatives to be revealed, operatives no longer feel supported by this Administration. (Federal law forbids government officials from revealing the identity of an undercover intelligence officer). This is an extremely serious situation. They say that operatives no longer trust that they are safe, and are fearful that they will be undermined, putting themselves and their families at risk. These people are now afraid to come forward. It also means that informants around the world will think twice before offering the sort of information that is vital to our security not being compromised.
Bill Clinton was impeached, not for what he did, (which was awful), but for lying to the American people.
This administration told us in September 2003 that Karl Rove had nothing to do with Plame’s outing. Now, after Bush’s special prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald’s inquiries show that Rove did leak her identity to Robert Novak, even though Rove knew she had Top Secret clearance, “We The People” are being lied to again. Will there be any ramifications this time? Last time, it affected a few people, this time it will effect our whole nation at a time of war.
Interestingly enough, George Bush Senior’s Administration actually fired Karl Rove in 1992 for leaking information to, would you believe it…..Robert Novak!
# posted by Florence Vincent @ 4:49 PM 
