[HarleyLady27]

My question is this:

If the CIA plotted this whole thing against the Bush Administration, the question is WHY???? and isn't this TREASON?????

And isn't joe wilson a part of the CIA???? and why did he write a story about all this and said he 'wife' was a covert agent when she really wasn't?????

And who in their right mind would admit to someone standing at your door asking you if you knew your neighbor was an 'agent'????? Not me...lol

[goresalooza]

This is why the libbies protested Porter Goss's appointment to head the CIA. Of course, they'd protest a hanging with a new rope! They didn't want anyone firing/snooping in on the CIA set-up that they've managed to cobble together with Wilson/Plame's assistance. I hope Goss is throttling the bad guys in the CIA. This is one scary mess...to think that Americans in the CIA don't give a damn about our national security. My biggest fear is that it's far worse than wanting to just take down a president, which is bad enough.

[Steve_Seattle]

"And isn't joe wilson a part of the CIA????"

No, he's not, which is why this whole thing got started. Novak asked his source why Wilson - who is NOT CIA, is NOT a WMD expert, is NOT a trained investigator, did NOT have recent contacts in Niger, and who IS a blabbermouth and a publicity hound - was selected by the CIA for the sensitive Niger mission, and that is when his wife was mentioned.

But regarding your question, a secondary question is why didn't the CIA force him to sign a security agreement and why didn't they prohibit him from blabbing to the media? Why was everyone else committed to silence and strict security, but Wilson allowed to blab to his heart's content?