McCarthy in Bushworld
JOHN WEINELL says in a letter in today's LA Times,
A senior CIA officer is fired and could face criminal prosecution for following her conscience to expose illegal overseas torture prisons, and the leaker in chief reveals the confidential identity of a CIA operative for political purposes with impunity. In a just society, McCarthy would be recognized as a patriot and President Bush would be impeached as a traitor.
Well, perhaps its just that it hasn't yet come out that it was indeed Bush that leaked Plame's name...so far all that Bush has allegedly leaked was the NIE snippet contesting Joe Wilson's arguments. But the thrust of John's argument is dead on.
Mary O. McCarthy claims through her lawyer that she didn't leak the info to WP's Dana Priest on the black list of CIA detention centers round the world. Perhaps like Bush, she just OK'ed the leak, or didn't bring it up to the attention of her bosses when she found out who did. Whatever she did, McCarthyism could be redefined in Bushworld. The evil doer becomes the courageous doner (which by the way means "rotating roast meat" when referred to a kebab, which is equally appropriate).
Update: Today's WP reports that EU lawmakers found a pattern of widespread regular practice of human rights violations by the CIA involving secret flights, illegal detention and torture, in which it says European officials are complicit. Of course, the CIA has been doing illegal activities for a while. But now, it appears 9/11 has given Bush the freedom to let the wackos in the agency totally loose.
A senior CIA officer is fired and could face criminal prosecution for following her conscience to expose illegal overseas torture prisons, and the leaker in chief reveals the confidential identity of a CIA operative for political purposes with impunity. In a just society, McCarthy would be recognized as a patriot and President Bush would be impeached as a traitor.
Well, perhaps its just that it hasn't yet come out that it was indeed Bush that leaked Plame's name...so far all that Bush has allegedly leaked was the NIE snippet contesting Joe Wilson's arguments. But the thrust of John's argument is dead on.
Mary O. McCarthy claims through her lawyer that she didn't leak the info to WP's Dana Priest on the black list of CIA detention centers round the world. Perhaps like Bush, she just OK'ed the leak, or didn't bring it up to the attention of her bosses when she found out who did. Whatever she did, McCarthyism could be redefined in Bushworld. The evil doer becomes the courageous doner (which by the way means "rotating roast meat" when referred to a kebab, which is equally appropriate).
Update: Today's WP reports that EU lawmakers found a pattern of widespread regular practice of human rights violations by the CIA involving secret flights, illegal detention and torture, in which it says European officials are complicit. Of course, the CIA has been doing illegal activities for a while. But now, it appears 9/11 has given Bush the freedom to let the wackos in the agency totally loose.
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