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July 20, 2005
The Bush Administration Is Soft On National Security
In June 2004, Bush was asked if he would "fire anyone found to" have leaked the agent's name. "Yes," he replied.
After originally saying anyone involved in leaking the name of the covert CIA operative would be fired, Bush told reporters: "If somebody committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration."
Read all about it here, kids. The gutless coward who currently occupies the White House -- the one who promised to bring honor back to the White House -- is hiding behind this year's version of the definition of "is." Now, George W. Bush won't fire anyone who, in a fit of partisan pique blatantly aimed at wreaking revenge on a political opponent, leaked the identity of a covert operative (thus putting not only that agent but every contact she had ever worked with in the pursuit of national security at risk). Now, the chickenshit in chief will only fire if someone's "committed a crime."
The distinction is a cowardly but significant one - because it will allow the marionette to maintain his connections with his puppeteer in chief, Karl Rove. Rove willingly endangered the national security of the United States of America by exposing an agent, just to try and discredit/silence an opponent... and George W. Bush is going to refuse to take action. He's going to allow the deliberate violation of national security policy to go unchallenged and unpunished. This, after promising that he would. Some "honor," huh?
How ironic that it's turned out to be W and the neocons who are soft on national security. And the ironic thing is, they're still trying to spin this back on Joseph Wilson... but as we all know now, Wilson was right when he charged that the administration manipulated intelligence over yellowcake in Niger. So... Wilson was accurate, but this issue isn't about the president's right hand man violating national security in a fit of political rage, it's about a guy who's not credible despite having issued a completely accurate report about the administration fixing intelligence? Good one, boys.
If you want to read the take of some career intelligence figures (as opposed to the pathetic and rank spin oozing from the White House), read this piece by some colleagues of the operative in question. (Thanks to Jillian for pointing this out.)
