The Hill publishes story on outted CIA agent, wilson's wife

[never cry wolf]

Personally, I have been very disappointed that the outing of Valerie Plame by "2 administration officials" has not gotten more traction. This is a felony!!! There is an article today in The Hill, which touts itself as "The newspaper for and about the U.S. Congress." Anybody know more about this paper? Is this a publication really influential in DC?

Anyway, here's the article: http://www.thehill.com/marshall/073003.aspx

[Jivenwail]

1. Where's the outrage?

This is so despicable. And they bushitas are not called to task, they are not made to answer and worst of all we have a so-called "president" (and I use that term loosely) who doesn't even give a rat's ass! If it weren't so run-of-the-mill anymore in expecting the media to ignore these things, it would be laughable. But I'm not laughing, I'm horrified. If they can do this to a CIA operative, what's next for you and me? I shudder to think....

[never cry wolf]

2. the story itself is actually over 2 weeks old

and has gone practically nowhere. there have only been 3 new article in the last week or so as shown by a google news search.

[jackstraw45]

7. Remember...

how old the Uranium story was before the national media WOKE UP to it? Many many months...

As long as we keep it alive here, hopefully the rest of the country will catch up.

[never cry wolf]

8. good point

i kinda feel that once it starts in earnest all the shit is gonna hit the fan at once. i just hope it's before the election.

[jackstraw45]

3. This is a major scandal

I'm guessing it will hit the national media in say, 4-6 months.

[never cry wolf]

5. hahahaha

no doubt, if then.

[ClownKing]

4. Imagine if this had happened under Clinton

Can you imagine how this would have played out if two administration officals under a Clinton adminstration would have outed a CIA operative? The Republicans would have been foaming at the mouth to bring up impeachment charges.

It infuriates me that information like this doesn't get more traction.

Is it true that it was Novak who first made this information public? If yes, how is this not treason... even by the ridiculous standards that Coulter has been ranting about lately?

[never cry wolf]

6. the information was given

to novak and time mag by the admin officials. i don't believe the 2 media are culpable since they did not have the knowledge first hand. i am not a lawyer but i think that they even have the right to protect their sources on this.

[northzax]

9. lest you be concerned

please recall that it was Josh Marshall who took down Trent Lott by harping on the story until the nationals picked it up. I heartilty reccomend his blog...www.talkingpointsmemo.com

[never cry wolf]

10. i hope he stays on this one too

thanks for the link!

[mistertrickster]

11. I like where he says, "why doesn't Bush just fire the people who did it?"

Maybe it's because BUSH DID IT.

He's totally the "cut off your nose to spite your face" kind of idiot who would put personal score-settling ahead of anything else.