After 43 Years, Activists Admit Theft At FBI Office That Exposed Domestic Spying - NBCNews

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74. What happened to the leaker of Valerie Plame's identity and undercover work? So Congress held

hearings. They hold lots of hearings. What came of those hearings?

The only criminal held even partly accountable NOT because of Congress but because they could not make the story go away considering who the victims were and how outspoken they were, was Libby. And he never spent a day in jail being pardoned for his role in the cover up for the main perpetrator.

Cheney is honored now in this country as an 'elder statesman' despite the knowledge that he and Karl Rove, Gonzales et al were the guilty parties. Did Congress follow up on the court case, did they hold public hearings to force Rove and Cheney and Gonzales before them, UNDER OATH to answer to them PUBLICLY for their role in that crime?

We know what happens to Whistle Blowers who use the 'proper channels' and we know that even highly respected, long time Government and Military career people, end up being persecuted, lose their careers and are smeared and attacked as traitors. We don't have to look far, it happened to several law-ABIDING Whistle Blowers during the past decade.

And worse, nothing was done about the actual crimes.

So future Whistle Blowers, and you could put Snowden into that category, having watched the treatment of Whistle Blowers, Manning another tragic example, will never trust the 'proper channels' again and will use other channels, as Snowden did until the Rule of Law is restored in this country.