Sunday, September 28, 2003
"Jefferson, I think we're lost . . ."
Rather baffled at the news that "senior administration officials" leaked the name of a CIA officer to Robert Novak, who then proceded to print the name. I've long subscribed to James Carville's notion of Novak as the "non-thinking man's conservative" but it's pretty appalling that he would just go ahead and print it. If true - and I doubt Novak got the name out of a hat - this could shed some real light on the dark side of this administration. I was willing to believe that the administration talked itself into thinking the WMD issue more serious than it actually was - and Saddam's own disinformation campaign seems to have contributed to that - but this qualifies as actual misconduct. Let's hope the press doesn't bury it. And let's hope noone lets Bob Novak off the hook for a genuine act of journalistic irresponsibility.
Story at CNN
Rather baffled at the news that "senior administration officials" leaked the name of a CIA officer to Robert Novak, who then proceded to print the name. I've long subscribed to James Carville's notion of Novak as the "non-thinking man's conservative" but it's pretty appalling that he would just go ahead and print it. If true - and I doubt Novak got the name out of a hat - this could shed some real light on the dark side of this administration. I was willing to believe that the administration talked itself into thinking the WMD issue more serious than it actually was - and Saddam's own disinformation campaign seems to have contributed to that - but this qualifies as actual misconduct. Let's hope the press doesn't bury it. And let's hope noone lets Bob Novak off the hook for a genuine act of journalistic irresponsibility.
Story at CNN
