WTF Is It Now?!?

A cancer in the Bush misadministration
From an editorial in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Two officials revealed national security information to embarrass or scare critics of the administration's mishandling of Iraqi intelligence.

Columnist Robert Novak wrote recently that the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson -- the man who blew the whistle on the Niger uranium fraud -- is a Central Intelligence Agency operative, specializing in weapons of mass destruction. Novak attributed his information to two senior misadministration officials. Time magazine has said officials provided similar information.

It's illegal for government officials to reveal the identities of CIA operatives who have worked overseas within the preceding five years.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has asked the FBI to look into the disclosures. But Congress must vigorously examine whether there is an organized effort to suppress information about the administration's handling of pre-war intelligence on Iraq.

The White House has said it doesn't condone leaking an agent's identity. But the administration must try to identify, fire and, possibly, prosecute those responsible.

Abuse of national security for political aims is wrong. Until Congress and the public know that there has been an unfettered inquiry into the handling of intelligence, the administration will face growing distrust.

Look, honey - Arnold's on the news again!