On Leaking
Well, the spin is going like crazy on the whole Mary McCarthy/CIA leaks story. Predictable result. The more right wing is condemning the leaks to the press and the leaker herself. The left is defending leak and leaker with the "this was a good leak done with good intentions".
I'm just going to point out the obvious, yet again: This kind of behavior by a trusted CIA officer damages the country and the intelligence gathering capabilities of our agencies. Period.
Left or right, we'll all pay eventually for this behavior. Every damned one of us. There are reports now that McCarthy actually indulging in a pattern of leaks and did not try to use the correct channels. Even the left should not be happy about this. Sorry folks, I do not see how you can defend a person damaging your own government. If you think about this, if this becomes standard procedure you can absolutely bet that at some point it will be done to bring down one of your friends.
Bet on it.
And we all pay the price for this kind of political activity.
By Black Jack, Monday, 24 April , 2006 @ 6:02 pm
Gauis said, “Sorry folks, I do not see how you can defend a person damaging your own government.”
Well, neither do I, so I guess the message is that if you don’t see this Administration as “your own” it’s easier to betray it, and to betray your fellow citizens who have pledged their allegiance to it, and to betray the troops who defend it, and to betray the principles upon which it is founded. Sad, very sad. But, that’s exactly what we are dealing with here.
Incidently, I just bought a bottle of “JARHEAD RED” made for Marines, by Marines, at Firestone Vineyard, Los Olivos, CA
Net proceeds benefit the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation’s educational assistance program for the children of fallen Marines.
By Gauis Arbo, Monday, 24 April , 2006 @ 6:42 pm
Well, that’s a neat fundraiser. Good for you.