AS USUAL, Glenn Reynolds gets to the nub of the Wilson Scandal in SECRET SOURCES
If, as some claim, government officials deliberately broke a secret agent’s cover out of spite, then those responsible should be sacked, and perhaps even prosecuted as it may, depending on circumstances, even be a felony. At the moment, however, we really don’t know what happened.Posted by Van der Leun at October 2, 2003 8:25 AM
And that’s the interesting thing. Because — this is all about leaks to reporters, remember — quite a few reporters do know what happened, but aren’t talking, because they don’t want to give up their sources — who are, presumably, the leaker or leakers. So as the press runs around in a frenzy about the need to get to the bottom of a major national security story, the press, in fact, already knows the answer, but won’t tell.
