From Justin Raimondo:
It is extremely hard to prove that someone has violated the Intelligence Identities Protection Act; there are all sorts of conditions and sub-clauses that provide a legal escape route for anyone so charged: that can't be what all this is about.
If, however, Fitzgerald can prove there was a conspiracy inside the government to collect and selectively reveal classified information in order to crush political opponents, and shape U.S. policy, then the charges could be much more serious. By all accounts, the Plame investigation is said to be widening, and I would venture to say that by this time it is wide enough to include charges of espionage.
Who Leaked to the Leakers?
via - Steve Clemons @ Washington Note
Steve writes
There are a lot of theories brewing as to who promulgated the Plame outing inside the White House, and the latest thought-provoking piece is here. I recommend that you read the entire article, not necessarily to endorse or own all of its conclusions. but rather to get a sense of a scenario that could be plausible.
Notice that John Bolton's name and team are in the mix.
I have been of the view for some time that Fred Fleitz should be among those interviewed in this case if for no other reason than his role at WINPAC in the CIA and subsequently as Chief of Staff for John Bolton, whose office promulgated "hard" the Niger/Uranium story inside the State Department, put him close to all this action -- and he knew about Plame's identity and responsibilities.
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We need to think this through carefully and empirically -- and not jump to conclusions that affirm biases that we carry. But we also need to consider all the credible possibilities.
More soon.
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