Wilson, Plame, Rove round-up
A small list of recent articles mostly from Friday or Sunday on the Plame leak. Overall John Dean's article in Salon addresses the specific case here best and places it in historical context. Ted Gup's piece in Sundays Washington Post makes similar points and asks whether we want our governments to really plug all leaks in the dike of secracy. Frankly most leaks leave me feeling more informed and better off for knowing. This case may be a little different in its being an aggressive and hurtfully intended personal attack which did not materially affect the policy side of the issue.
Stop the Investigation...
[Jack Shafers art. Slate 03Oct03]
{suggests no crime or provable crime may have occured}
More Vicious than Nixon Administration [John Dean Salon 03Oct03]
{suggests Wilsons file civil suit to protect their interests}
Do we really want to stop the leaks?
[Ted Gup. Sun 05Oct03 W.post. B1]
{suggests we not establish fixed rule & practice of criminalizing and prosecuting leaks}
'Slime and Defend' : Paul Krugman
{focuses on hypocrisy as angle of injustice}
Capital Games. Spin is not Holding David Corn, the Nation
{review, adds Chris Matthews name to Roves call list}
Yahoo! News - Bush Unsure if Name Leaker Will Be Caught
{President implies that the truth may never be known, but then seems to change his mind and states that it will. Consider Dean's article (above) where he points out that Charles Bakaly was publicly fingered as the Grand Jury leaker in the Starr investigation, then not charged.}
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