[TGB!]

[quote:35208]you're right, IF he did leak the information while saying to the public that the person who leaked the information will be brought to justice, then yes, that's obviously bad. The thing is, there's no way to know entirely what is going on in this situation, so I'm not going to make any judgements about it. [/quote:35208]

This leak is not the leaking of VALERIE PLAME's name to reporters, with LIBBY is indicted for. It is simply a means of establishing "precedent" - however that will be difficult as LIBBY has already said the auth to leak PLAME's name did not come from BUSH.

As for leaking this info - sure its shady, but did it cost lives? Did it place an agents life in jeopardy as it supposedly did with PLAME?

Like it or not - the ADMIN did what it felt was best to defuse a political situation that would have hurt their ability to conduct bidness.