OK, so it looks like we are on our way to a full blown scandal. Bob Novak is now trying to say that she was not an operative but an analyst. Outing an analyst is not a crime. Outing an operative is. So why would the CIA ask for an investigation and the Justice Department accept if there was no crime? So if she was an analyst and not an operative there would be no scandal, no investigation. To help clear this up see what a former coworker has to say about this, Plame's former classmate vents.

That said, I'm not sure anything will come of this. I am hopeful but I don't expect anything. Remember this happened in July. Why has it taken until now for this to come to light? It was noticed immediately by some, as noted yesterday. One answer is that back then Bush still had approval ratings then and that the "main stream" media was still scared of him. Now with the numbers down and Iraq going badly they think they can take him on now.

There have been those who believe that starting with the 2000 election the right has been trying to take what they can't get by election through other means. This article might help explain this, Electoral Politics Are Under Republican Attack.

Along those same lines, get all your Texas redistricting info here, Off The Kuff.

Welcome to George Bush's America! (I think this may become a daily feature).
-Reports: Ford, Chrysler plan job cuts.

The next investigation? Who Let Saudis Flee After 9/11?


- posted by Mom/Dad @ 8:27 AM