Bush Team Using Twinkie Defense for Outing CIA Agent

Bush Administration apologists are busy on TV News [sic] and talk radio saying that Karl Rove and Scooter Libby may not have actually said Valerie Plame Wilson’s name (just that she was Ambassador Joe Wilson’s wife) or actually mentioned that she was an undercover CIA operative (just that she worked for the CIA). But even if both were true what they did is still illegal and treasonous. They law says that identifying an undercover CIA operative (since Joe Wilson only has one wife that’s identifying her) is a crime. If someone is an undercover CIA operative and you identify them as working for the CIA, you have broken the law. This “I didn’t actually say her name or that the information was classified information” defense is bullshit! It only convinces gullible viewers and radio listeners, but won’t stand up in a court of law. That is why there is talk that Cheney (who is believed to be involved as well) may resign as VP rather than be impeached and Rove is hinting that he may resign, too. Libby will follow if Cheney falls. There have been too many members of the Bush Administration and the Republican leadership in Congress indicted for committing crimes in recent months. They don’t need more attention from the public on the criminal activity of the GOP. The Corporate Mainstream Media is peddling the Twinkie defense for the Bush team, but the rats are fleeing the sinking ship because they know the argument won’t stand up in court.