"If she was not undercover, we would not have a reason to file a criminal

[wakeme2008]

referral," a CIA official said.

this is from Sidney Blumenthal's piece on Salon.....

While there is talk about a five year rule, the CIA at the time of the referral consided Mrs. Wilson an active undercover employee....

So now the hard question who do you believe the RNC talking points or the CIA... :shrug:

[LittleClarkie]

1. The CIA's full o' libruls

That's why they were getting blamed for all things 9/11 as well.

[KansDem]

2. So THAT'S where the reporter from USAToday got his information.

CIA 'outing' might fall short of crime
By Mark Memmott, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — The alleged crime at the heart of a controversy that has consumed official Washington — the "outing" of a CIA officer — may not have been a crime at all under federal law, little-noticed details in a book by the agent's husband suggest.
(more)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-07-14-cia-wilson_x.htm

Apparently Mark must have got the RNC talking points on his fax machine and simply put his name on the article before sending it on to the presses. I wonder if he even bothered to write ANYTHING original.

THAT'S how they work--very illuminating.

________
whore (hôr, hr)
n.
1. A prostitute.
2. A person considered sexually promiscuous.
3. A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.
intr.v. whored, whor·ing, whores
1. To associate or have sexual relations with prostitutes or a prostitute.
2. To accept payment in exchange for sexual relations.
3. To compromise one's principles for personal gain.

[Sparkman]

6. "It appears that Karl Rove is in serious trouble." John W. Dean (Nixon WH)

From the FindLaw website, John Dean (Special councel to Nixon 1970-73)
who's oppinion is not trivial, thinks KKKarl is...

[Sparkman]

3. CIA doesn't want assets, agents, operatives disclosing to neighbors, let

alone THE GD MSN!!!! If this isn't treason, just count the number of CIA spys you know personally,1st hand. ZERO people, ZERO. There's a reason for all that clandestine stuff. Crack and Leaks can kill.

[ThoughtCriminal]

4. I've seen the 5-year thing brought up on the boards

One -How do they know she hasn't been out of the country on Agency business for the last 5 years? Wouldn't that be classified? Is this another leak? Are they relying on the Vanity Fair article? Would a covert agent tell a magazine - "Oh, and in 2001 I went to South Africa to meet with our agents there." - Sure.

Second - Identifying the name of an undercover agent, even one currently in the U.S., also exposes and identifies their overseas contacts, which also makes it a violation.

Third - this is a really lame justification. It's OK to expose undercover agents - if they're home?

[Kber]

8. Furthermore, even if it's true

it doesn't matter re: her undercover status.

One of the CIA operative type positions is to work for a US based front company with international "offices". In this field officer position, you manage foreign agents and US operatives, gathering information from many sources and analyzing for trends and common threads.

There is a book called "Inside the CIA" about the basic set up and structure of the agency. The basic job descriptions are also listed and briefly described on the Agency website. Foreign travel is not an indicator of covert status.

Any reporter with access to google should be able to research this information.

[madrchsod]

5. i said many months ago that

i never thought i`d be on the cia`s side against the a president of the united states. it is a sad day for america when the president seeks to destroy the very people who ,like it or not,do try to keep us save from the bad guys.

[CATagious]

7. David Gregory on tonight's NBC News...

...said that he has been told by Government Officials (or CIA Officials, I don't recall precisely) that Plame was indeed an undercover Operative within 5 years preceding the leak. I believe that puts to rest the claim that a law wasn't broken!