Misc. Ramblings

As to whether it is Miller or Novak or some other person who should be in jail for publishing the name of a CIA undercover operative, all I can do is agree with blogger Andrew Sullivan:

"For the partisan right, outing CIA operatives in wartime is the patriotic thing to do. There's only one real option worthy of Bush: give Rove the Medal of Freedom."

Not.

As I've said before, [rant="on"] I don't know who revealed the name but whomever it is, he or she should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. If you think me partisan for saying that, so be it.

But I believe partisan politics has no place when it comes to the security of our nation and any who say identifying our CIA operatives, during a time of war, doesn't weaken our security is either a fool, a Republican sycophant, or both. I don't care if it turns out to be Senator Clinton herself who leaked the name, whomever did should be prosecuted.

And lest we forget, the leak itself was apparently based on partisan politics to try to spin the Nigerian uranium weapons of mass destruction theory of President Bush. And lest we also forget, I seem to remember that the British author of the Nigeria report used by the UK to justify invading Iraq committed suicide when his name was published. Yet some cling to the report without a healthy bit skepticism as to its conclusions.

Bah. Enough of this. Give Rove the Medal of Freedom and President Bush and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld the Nobel Peace Prize.

Not.

Have a Great Weekend, Everyone - Aloha!