Thursday, October 13, 2005

On Richard Cohen's hackery

Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson explains to Richard Cohen why it's not cool to expose an undercover agent just for cheap dirty politics: Why Patrick Fitzgerald Gets It TPM Cafe 10/13/05.

Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald understands very well that something beyond a crime was committed when Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, and other White House operatives spread the name of undercover CIA officer, Valerie Plame, around Washington as part of a coordinated effort to discredit her husband, Ambassador Joe Wilson.  Someone needs to alert Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen that he is a nitwit and moron for trying to advance White House supplied talking points that no real crime occurred.

And he elaborates.  Can democracy survive with a mainstream press this dysfuntional?

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