The Real Story: White House treasonable dirty tricks against whistleblower's wife

All the blogs are a-titter about the possibility that Saddam Hussein's sons might have been killed. Who cares? They've certainly had little power since the main fighting ended and interest in their death is of more gossip value than anything else.

No, the real story is who leaked the identity of Joseph Wilson's wife? Wilson is the man who was sent to Niger to investigate the yellow cake uranium papers to see if there was any truth to them. He determined the papers were forgeries and in the past month he's gone public with his findings.

This week two senior White House officials decided to get back at Wilson by telling conservative columnist Robert Novak know that Wilson's wife Valerie Plame works as an agent for the Central Intelligence Agency. This is extremely confidential information and news of her identity threatens both her job and the assignments she was covering. This is more than a petty White House dirty trick--this is a dangerous breech of intelligence. Wilson's wife investigates weapons of mass destruction. We don't need a peevish President screwing up sensitive information just to get back at a political enemy.

For those wanting to follow the media storm starting to brew over this, check out Bush Wars. For those wanting to see what happens when people in the know speak out about military policy check the links and discussion on the NV Board's thread Pentagon Retaliates Against GIs Who Spoke Out on TV.

And please stop reading the Uday killed, Qusay killed, Hussein sons killed non-stories.