These comments are being made because the liberal MSM and liberal Democrats are attempting to show that an innocent man has "broken the law," and they are using this issue to try to get him fired and to attack the President. It is the Democrats and their lap dogs in the MSM who are keeping this issue alive. Republicans would be happy if the Democrats dropped the issue.
"We are not lawyers and are not qualified to determine whether the leakers technically violated the 1982 Intelligence Identities Protection Act."
Fine. Then shut up. You're attacking the wrong party anyway - fools.
Where is their letter repudiating John Kerry for outting a covert operator for the CIA on the floor of the Senate? Where is the letter from the nonpartisans to Harry Reid for doing the same?