According to this article in the New York Times Dick Cheney is the source of Valerie Plame's identity. OK first, with editors like the New York Times has (thanks to the Judy Miller crap for teaching us this) who the hell knows if this is at all true. Second, if it is true does this mean that Dick Cheney will be put to death for treason? Dick Cheney is on record for supporting the death penalty so we must assume he thinks its a good idea for treason. Maybe he thinks its a deterrent or perhaps it just feels right to him? Would he rethink his position on the death penalty if his own head were in the noose?
Let's be serious... even if he is proven of treason he probably wouldn't even see jail time. This is really serious too - when Valerie Plame's name was leaked the front company she claimed employment from was immediately entered into the databases of foreign intelligence agencies. At that point, anyone else who claimed to be employed by the company was immediately outed as well. I have only heard a little about the front-company so I have no idea how many employees it claimed but it is many people. Dick Cheney released the names of many agents to foreign intelligence services. This from the guy who played up the national security line so much he was insinuating that if we voted for John Kerry we would be attacked. I suppose we now see that National Security and "Keeping my ass in shitloads of money" seem like the same thing to him.
Posted by dmason at October 24, 2005 10:09 PM