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October 09, 2003

Marshall on Novak and his sources / Drum on why Republicans are scary

Josh Marshall offers a look at why he believes both Novak and his source were well aware that Valarie Plame was undercover and that her identity as a CIA operative was classified information. He offers three main points:

  1. Novak's use of the word "operative" in his original report


  2. the way he wrote the sourcing for the article, and


  3. that there was no mention of any possible confusion about the use of the word "operative" (which is generally used to describe someone who is undercover, as opposed to a known CIA employee, which is typically described as an "analyst") until after the Justice Department became involved in the case.
    4. Josh elaborates on these three points and makes a pretty convincing case that both Novak and his source knew they were burning an undercover agent.

    In other "Go Read This" News today, CalPundit has a thorough look at the Republican Party and how it is being shaped by it's Texas branch. He breaks out some of the scarier provisions of the Texas GOP platform, including their belief that gay sex should be a criminal act and that gays should be legally forbidden to have custody of or unsupervised visits with children, abortion should be Constitutionally outlawed, the Supreme Court should be forbidden to rule on issues related to the Bill of Rights, any department involved in Welfare should be abolished, as should Social Security and the Federal Reserve, and we should do away with the separation of Church and State.

    Keep in mind that the Texas GOP produced George Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and Tom DeLay, four of the most powerful men in this country - and four of the scariest. Apparently, there's a lot more where they came from.

    Posted by thorswitch at October 9, 2003 12:18 PM

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