"Liberals and the CIA; A real 'Plame-gate,' minus the outrage." by Bret Stephens shows the utter, monumental hypocritical double standard over the non-crime, trumpted up "scandal" over the revelation of the non-covert agent Plame and...well just read it:
"Today, liberals within government and without are betraying covert CIA operatives as if it were the very essence of virtue. Consistency, principled or foolish, has never been a hobgoblin of the liberal mind.
"Consider Attorney General Eric Holder's decision Monday to investigate and potentially prosecute about a dozen previously closed cases involving alleged detainee abuse by CIA officers or contractors...
"What's nearly certain, however, is that the names of the agents will soon become a part of the public record, either directly or through leaks that the liberal press will have no scruple about printing. Last year, for instance, the New York Times published the name of a CIA officer who interrogated 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. This was despite the protests of the officer and the CIA that to identify him would "put him at risk of retaliation from terrorists or harassment from critics of the agency," as the Times put it in an editor's note.
"So much, then, for President Obama's solemn promises to the CIA troops."
Read the sorry, pathetic rest: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574370311712840406.html
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