Valerie Plame spoke to Congress today about the leaking of her name by the White House. Plame accuses the White House of leaking her identity as a CIA operative. Earlier this month Libby was found guilty for his involvement with this case. When asked how Plame felt about the whole ordeal she responded, "I felt like I had been hit in the gut."
Damn straight she was hit in the gut. When assholes in the White House think it is perfectly fine to leak info about Valerie just because they don't like her husband is complete and utter bullshit. Smells like Karl Rove to me. If we have learned anything from this it is every government agency is becoming too political. The CIA is supposed to be used to protect America not help current administrations gain political standing. Such acts not only hurts our intelligence department, but damages any credibility our nation might have with its citizens and other nations. This makes me wonder why in the hell should we have the Patriot Act when Bush's cronies will use any info they get not to protect our country, but to gain political power for the Republican Party. Thank god there is only 675 days left of this administration.
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