I haven't had much time to read about Bush okaying the leak of classified information. I don't know much about national security or covert operations
I do have common sense.
I see that some Repugs are saying it was ok for Bush to leak/declassify info on Plame. He is the (p)resident and has that authority.
I also see there is a law about not leaking the identity of CIA operatives, and I gather there are procedures to declassify such information.
Hmmm. Why do you suppose there might be such a law? Maybe to get operatives out of harm's way rather than being surprised by the morning paper? Maybe to allow foreign nationals, and their families, to do the same? Maybe to shut down front companies cleanly w/o revealing anything?
Was Bush et. al. via their associates just shooting their mouths off for short term political goals and the hell with long-term national security? That to me is the worst of this mess. There is NO CARE for this nation or anyone else except them.