All fine and good. But simple denials and assurances of character from one's political allies do not make for an effective defense.
If this bureaucrat is innocent--as I hope he is--then he will be owed apologies by many. But let's have the investigation rather than simply relying on VDH's pre-emptive vouchsafing, ok?
Ok.
That's what he essentially said, too. I understood him only saying that he does not viewed the wrongs as likely.
I do think, considering the timimg especially, that this "leak" was politically motivated. Are you as adamant about Sandy Berger?