Former C.I.A. Officer Is the First to Face Prison for a Classified Leak

Shame on the President and the other senior decision-makers for letting this case get to this point. If there's anyone who deserves a full pardon and a Presidential commendation, it's John Kiriakou.

The ones who get away with treason, lying America into war, war mongering and profiteering, bank fraud of all manner, money laundering and drug dealing, the pre- and post-war Allies of Prescott Bush.

remains free.

fuck u both.

yet, I consider his actions honourable. It is my hope, and desire, that the White House focus on real enemies of the state.

If the leak was intended to further the goals of anarchists, or communists (Czar Putin's gang) in Greece, that's another story. More facts please.....

The morality of torture is no longer discussed, only tortures' efficacy. (Hint: It doesn't work.) But Chimpy aWol Bush will never be tried, much less sent to jail. Such a pity.

This is the law that was passed, if I'm not mistaken, by GHWB back during his term as President. And the law that was disobeyed by the GWB administration, i.e. the Valeria Plame incident, but of course, which was overlooked. And wait a minute, what about Petrais? (sp?) How much classified info was compromised by him? It would be great if the law was enforced straight down the line, no matter who committed the crime. Looks like two standards... the law is not enforced if the Administration or MIC agencies break it, but anyone lower in the hierarchy gets the slammer. OK. What????? What's up with that?

publicly about this country needing to have 'a conversation' about water-boarding. Clearly if we truly are a civil and democratic society, this prosecution is a disgrace but no doubt it was done to silence anyone else who might dare to speak out about the immorality of torture.
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From all we have learned over the past decades, the US has been in the business of torture for a long time. The fact that the Government never goes after the acual criminals, but only those who expose these policies, should be all we need to know about who we are as a country.

As the journalist who wrote the article said, 'with these prosecutions, there has been a chill on others speaking to media about these issues' and that probably, is the main reason for this prosecution.

If the American people go along with the continuation of these monstrous policies, we cannot claim any kind of moral authority in this world, or claim that we do not support torture. The truth is, we do. And something badly needs to be done about it.

It's really bad when it is right wing Christians who have joined with the left wing Civil Liberties organizations, rather than Democrats, to call these policies 'immoral'.

This man should never have been prosecuted. The person whose name he is accused of revealing maybe, in a civil society, should be if he is part of the torture program that has not stopped, no matter how many times they claim it to be.

"Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage acknowledged Thursday that he was the source who first revealed the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame to syndicated columnist Robert Novak back in 2003, touching off a federal investigation."

http://articles.cnn.com/2006-09-08/politics/leak.armitage_1_novak-and-other-journalists-cia-officer-valerie-plame-patrick-fitzgerald?_s=PMOLITICS

The wealthy and connected get away with murder while the lowly are prosecuted for stealing a loaf of bread to feed their hungry children. Things haven't changed much since he day's of Victor Hugo.