house ousted, so far we re hearing it s investigating itself. flash back to 200 when valerie plane was exposed as a cia operative by members of the george w. bush administration. that was in connection with her former husband who was a former ambassador to who opposed the war in iraq. he had been critical of the government. that story was everywhere in the main steam media for months, blowing cia agent s covers weakens the secretary or the denver post suggestion it was a betroil of trust. the new york observer says the agent s outing a national outrage. where is that outrage now? mark is a former presidential speech writer and american enterprise fellow and jessica is a democratic strategist and counsel. thank you both for being here. mark, where is that outrage? missing in action. the valley leak, there was a special prosecutor appointed, congressional hearings, the
hip owe critical. leon panetta disclosing the names of the s.e.a.l.s for the production of a hollywood film. the leak of a cia name can be prosecuted if it s intentional. they point to the outing of valerie plane as a case in point. that was just the malicious piece of gossip. this is utter incompetence. there is no justification for this. there s no explanation for it. it s like there s nobody in charge at the white house. late today, the white house said the chief of staff here has asked white house counsel to look into what happened and report back with recommendations to make sure that something like this never happens again. bret. doug, thank you. senior political analyst brit hume is here tonight with analysis.
the out are the spy valerie plame and they are trying to draw a connection there. brit hume suggested it s a much it s apples and oranges. well, it s an honest mistake. no one would want to do this because you are endangering the life of that person and their family. and it s a serious blunder. that said, it is a serious blow to the confidence of this administration coming off the v.a. scandal which is is actually still ongoing and several other scandals involving how they run the government. so, it s a very big deal. scott wilson of the the washington post is is the person that brought it to their attention. we have no idea how long this would have gone on undiscovered in a journalist not asked the administration why that name was on the list. well, it said on there station chief. so anybody who works in the press. but also the investigation is an automatic response to this administration. they put something under investigation immediately so it can t be talked about. ri
out of the bag. we should point out at this point that we have not heard from the white house, from cia officials whether anybody has been fired. what the current state is of that operative, that station chief in afghanistan. those are some of the unresolved questions. but privately, i can tell you that administration officials are furious about that and worried, quite frankly, about the safety of the station chief. and just to show you the discomfort inside the intelligence agency, valerie plane s identity was blown by the bush administration because of people inside the bush administration upset with her husba husband s criticism and she wrote out, astonishing, white house miss stainenly identifies cia chief in afghanistan. that goes to the feelings sometimes that people at the white house, no matter what administration is in power, which party is in power, doesn t always have the cia s back. some of that frustration is
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