A reporter in Rhode Island is going to jail because he won't reveal the identity of a person who gave him a tape showing a politician taking a bribe. A Time Magazine reporter is being forced to testify in the investigation regarding the white house's outing of a covert CIA agent to Robert Novak, who promptly told the world that agent's name.
So why is the guy who didn't publish the story forced to choose between integrity and jail, while Novak still shows his ugly mug on Crossfire and still writes his nationally-syndicated column?
Because he's the white house's bitch, that's why. He's the one guy who could put this whole thing to rest, but chooses not to. And he should be forced to make the same choices these other journalists are - but for some reason he's getting a free pass.
The safety and integrity of agents at the CIA means absolutely nothing to this administration, and the folks at the CIA know it. They remember what their new purger, er, leader, said when asked about investigating Novak's treason:
Somebody sends me a blue dress and some DNA, I'll have an investigation.
