[kcvl]

Per the NYT’s Kristof, the CIA brought Plame and others back to Washington for safety reasons out of concern that Aldrich Aimes had disclosed their identities to the Russian’s before his arrest in 1994.

[Bernard Marx]

Thanks to both. I posted before I read Kristof's piece in the thread. I'm not sure I consider either Kristof or the Times credible, but what he says does make some sense. The possibility CIA was creating a new 'legend' for Plame remains, but how Rove's "revelation" compromised it escapes me since her CIA affiliation and relationship to Wilson were broadly known.

It's clear that Lawrence O'Donnell fired the first shot in what is clearly an orchestrated full-bore media attack on Rove. Rove is the designated fall guy no matter what the facts of Fitzgerald's investigation reveal. The MSM's intention, as usual, is to muddy the facts of the case beyond clarification in the public mind. I'm sure push-polls to pressure the President to fire Rove are already underway.

All that's necessary to understand how this phony "crisis" came into being is to look at the players and their affiliations. The Grunwald-Cooper relationship is key, but viewing the entire mess reminds me of a den of entwined rattlesnakes.

[ArmyBratproud]

kaboom!

Kristof just showed that Plame was NOT Covert.