[jmstein7]

You really have no idea what you are talking about. Why don't you read up on the issues before commenting?

Fact: Plame has not been an "active" agent for at least ten years; she is an analyst -- a desk job. She's a pencil-pusher, nothing more.

Fact: Everyone in the beltway knew her identity; it was no secret. Nobody was "outed".

Fact: The memo we are talking about discusses the launch of a sham investigation for the sole purpose of doing opposition research for the DNC (using classified information and the resources of the intelligence committee), and then using a loophole in the committee rules to attach it (unsubstantiated or verified) to the main report. Aside from being a crime under 18 U.S.C., it is also a violation of two Senate rules of ethics and one rule of the Committee itself. Free speech does not protect those who incite the commission of a crime or "bad acts." Every law student knows that.

Fact: The memo also advocates the unlawful (violates 50 U.S.C. and Committee rules) verbal disclosure of classified material.

Do your homework.

[petitfour]

Fact: Plame has not been an "active" agent for at least ten years; she is an analyst -- a desk job. She's a pencil-pusher, nothing more. Fact: Everyone in the beltway knew her identity; it was no secret. Nobody was "outed".

Where do you get your facts? Plame met her husband in 1997ish when he had a National Security clearance as he was on the NSC staff. At least that's what I have read on the subject. I can't seem to find a list of folks in the beltway who knew Plame's occupation. Can you provide that?