Conduct unbecoming

[Desperadoe]

It's a story worthy of a John le Carre novel.

A CIA operative's cover is blown, allegedly by someone high on the Bush team. The likely reason: Her ex-diplomat husband, Joseph Wilson IV, challenged White House claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and the White House wanted to get even.



This piece of vindictiveness crosses all political boundaries. The leak - which has spawned a criminal investigation by the Justice Department focused on the White House - has implications that go far beyond the outing of Wilson's wife.

Let's return to the beginning of the tale.

In February 2002, Joe Wilson was sent by the CIA to Niger to investigate the story that its government had sold uranium yellowcake to Iraq in the 1990s. This claim was based on Italian intelligence documents that were later found to be forgeries.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/6919572.htm

[realFedUp]

1. are you an editor for the Philly Inquirer?

lol.