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revdorothyl at 07:30pm on 12/07/2005
revdorothyl at 07:30pm on 12/07/2005In case you're interested, I'm posting the link to the MoveOn.org petition to ask Dubya to follow through on his promise and hold Karl Rove accountable for his actions in revealing a CIA agent's name to the press for political payback.
I've signed, of course, adding a message that (I hope) emphasized the opportunity the president has to show the world that he will not tolerate such despicable behavior even from his friends (we know he does tolerate it, but I tried to highlight the disadvantages of continuing that behavior, especially in this case).
Here's the MoveOn.org message and link to the petition:
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"On Sunday, Newsweek magazine revealed that Karl Rove – as you know, the President's closest political advisor -- was responsible for disclosing the identity of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame.
"The agent, Valerie Plame, worked on weapons of mass destruction for the agency and by exposing her identity, the leaker could have jeopardized the lives of other covert agents in the field. At best, it was recklessly irresponsible; at worst, it was malicious; and either way, the leaker undermined our national security.
"President Bush has pledged to fire anyone who helped leak Plame’s name to the press. Now we know that the person responsible was Karl Rove. Please take a moment to sign the petition telling the President to keep his promise now at:"
http://www.moveonpac.org/firerove/
I've signed, of course, adding a message that (I hope) emphasized the opportunity the president has to show the world that he will not tolerate such despicable behavior even from his friends (we know he does tolerate it, but I tried to highlight the disadvantages of continuing that behavior, especially in this case).
Here's the MoveOn.org message and link to the petition:
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"On Sunday, Newsweek magazine revealed that Karl Rove – as you know, the President's closest political advisor -- was responsible for disclosing the identity of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame.
"The agent, Valerie Plame, worked on weapons of mass destruction for the agency and by exposing her identity, the leaker could have jeopardized the lives of other covert agents in the field. At best, it was recklessly irresponsible; at worst, it was malicious; and either way, the leaker undermined our national security.
"President Bush has pledged to fire anyone who helped leak Plame’s name to the press. Now we know that the person responsible was Karl Rove. Please take a moment to sign the petition telling the President to keep his promise now at:"
http://www.moveonpac.org/firerove/