They deserve each other. Apparently national security is a low priority for both of them.
“””Richard Armitage acknowledged Thursday that he was the source who first revealed the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame. A blast from the past.
They deserve each other. Apparently national security is a low priority for both of them. “””””
There was nothing illegal about putting her name in the paper. Nobody was ever charged with outing her because there was nothing wrong with it. It made for some very good fake but accurate propaganda though.
Not exactly.
Folks, I'm not defending Armitrage for supporting Hillary, but he wasn't responsible for what happened to Libby. And, Armitrage didn't disclose classified information, because he didn't know it was classified... the info he had on Plame wasn't marked as such -- an error that rests on the originator.
This isn't like Hillary's gross negligence. She received information that was clearly recognizable as information that would be damaging to the US if it was public. Specifically, anything that reveals the source or methods of intelligence is classified at the highest level, and she should have known that.
In contrast, Armitrage received a memo or report, which included Plame on the distribution. It apparently included her affiliation with the CIA, but not that she was under a non-official cover. In the context of another event (I believe it involved her husband), Armitrage told Novak she worked for the CIA.
The special prosecutor knew this at the outset of the investigation, because Armitrage called him. But, the prosecutor continued the investigation anyway, and eventually caught Libby in a "perjury trap" -- not for out'ing Plame.