So, the WH ok'd the exposure of Brewster Jennings? Is that what

[BR_Parkway]

they're claiming in their defense of what has been revealed in Libby's testimony in front of the Grand Jury?

If it were legal for it Shrub to bypass normal declassificaiton procedures and authorize the NIE info to be 'leaked' out to certain reporters to bolster the (mis)Adminstration's lying and incompetence in the run up to war over non existent WMD's - where does that leave the exposure of a covert organization who's mission was non-prolifieration of WMD?

We shot our left foot so you wouldn't notice we had already shot our right foot?

[Barrett808]

1. An excellent question. n/t

[Old and In the Way]

2. That seems to get lost in the whole discussion.

I'd like to see an assessment as to how this has damaged our ability to monitor/stop proliferatrion of WMD with terrorist organizations. Isn't this the ultimate act of treason?

[flamin lib]

3. Actually that's not what is in the testimony.

What Scooter has said is that he was authorized to leak selective information from the NIE to bolster the nuclear threat. No specifics on Plame-Wilson or the CIA or Brewster Jennings specifically. None of that was in the NIE, it came from elsewhere.

However, I read that Fitz will try to prove that there was a "concerted effort inside the Administration" to discredit Wilson. "A concerted effort" sounds like the definition of conspiracy to me.

[mdmc]

4. I'm trying to make sense of it all

I would think that the big story is that bush leaked bad intelligence. They wanted to support their claim that war was necessary. The info that they leaked turned out to be lies.

I am not sure if I have the gist of this whole event. If I am missing something, please post to help me understand. Peace and low stress

[BR_Parkway]

6. Here's a decent timeline and Glenn Greenwold's blog has some

awesome analysis of the entire Fitz investigation.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/10/144838/260

As for the latest, it is confusing. It's the piss poor attempt to spin something unspinnable.

[mdmc]

7. thanks for the link

any help in understanding this is appreciated. Peace and low stress...

[mainer]

5. Let's stop talking about Plame and focus on Brewster Jennings

Because it really focuses on the real damage. From now on, let's not ask about Plame's exposure; rather, we should be asking: "Mr. President, why did you expose Brewster Jennings?"