A week ago a story broke that the CIA had a secret network of detention centers in several countries around the world including eastern Europe. Which if true, would violate European Human Rights principles, but apparently not US ones. Condoleezza Rice dodged questions about the prisons, suggesting it's true. Great.
Mirroring the events of the Plame affair, the CIA general counsel made a referral to the Justice Department for an investigation into a leak of classified information. Which also suggests it's true.
So what do Republican Congressional leaders Bill Frist (R-TN) and Dennis Hastert (R-IL) do? They call for a congressional investigation into the....leak, missing the point entirely. Now expect the Republicans to say well if you have to investigate leaks about Plame you have to for leaks like this as well. There's a difference, Plame wasn't a humans rights violation or an embarrassment to our country.
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"Investigating the leak" seems commonplace political slight-of-hand to define...or mis-define...the issue.
For example, in cycling news, they are investigating who leaked medical information about Lance Armstrong's possible EPO use to the French press. Again, misdirection and smoke screen from the deeper issue.
I think W has a way out... Let me try to picture it... Next State of the Union address. "We learned that recently Iran sought to purchase significant quantities of cocoa powder from Africa, a material also known as "chocloate cake"! (:0, gasp)... It poses significant danger, ...", etc. You know the rest.
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