I suppose sending no one to prison is at least better than what happened in 2007 when we sent someone to prisonā¦ just not the person who actually leaked the CIA agentās identity.
This one seems like a pretty major fuckup, but it doesnāt seem to have been done maliciously. I would expect someone to be fired, but I wouldnāt expect jailtime, especially since every news organization Iāve seen reporting on this has avoided reprinting the name of the official.
Was it Jeff Vader?
Exactly. 50 USC Ā§421 says that itās a crime when someone āintentionally disclosesā the identity of a covert agent, and this was pretty clearly an accident. Iād also say itās a case where the press censoring itself in the name of national security was handled well; they told us about the screw-up but didnāt include damaging information.
SILLY XENI!
Prison is for us PEONS. The poor, the non-powerful, the non-first-family African Americansā¦
Why the hell would anybody go to prison?
Is a CIA station chief a ācovert agent?ā Heās not exactly out wearing disguises and making drops.
Iāve been kind of curious about the headline that has always gone with this story - itās the White House that outed the CIA chief.
The CIA officerās name and (assumably) title were given to the White House press office by U.S. military officials. Why is it that the White House is to blame and not the US military?
Today White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced his resignation to āspend more time with his family.ā
Sacrificial lamb?
Just you all wait!!!
Any day now, Obama is going to find out from the morning newscasts that he is the President.
And on that day, the change is a cominā!!!
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