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To: prairiebreeze; onyx; Texasforever; CyberAnt; BigSkyFreeper; Tamsey; mrs tiggywinkle; EllaMinnow; ...
Since in neither case does Plame qualify, Toensing says: "There is a serious legal question as to whether she qualifies as 'covert.'"

True ...

But I believe ... leaking classified information from the CIA as Joe Wilson did by his op-ed piece in the NYT is against the law

17 posted on 02/22/2005 10:36:10 AM PST by Mo1 (Question to Liberals .. When did supporting and defending Freedom become a bad thing??)
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To: Mo1

I absolutely LOVE Victoria (and Joe, too!).


24 posted on 02/22/2005 10:39:45 AM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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For Plame's outing to have been illegal, the one-time deputy AG says, "her status as undercover must be classified." Also, Plame "must have been assigned to duty outside the United States currently or in the past five years."

Why has it taken so long for someone to bring this point up?! Crikies! -- we were broaching this a year ago.

25 posted on 02/22/2005 10:40:05 AM PST by My2Cents ("Friends stab you from the front." -- Oscar Wilde)
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To: Mo1

"But I believe ... leaking classified information from the CIA as Joe Wilson did by his op-ed piece in the NYT is against the law"

That has always been my belief. He was on an official trip for the CIA who had ownership of any information that he brought back - they alone had the authority to release it to the public.


73 posted on 02/22/2005 12:05:04 PM PST by Ben Hecks
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