I know I should be sick of linking just how bad political intelligence is, but there's something intriguing about its badness. As long as these links are inspiring bravery among the oppressed, and fear in the hearts of the authorities, these superstories are doing something right.

The glue that holds the Intelligence Community together is melting under the hot lights of awakened bloggers.

Stories like this are not intended to intimidate me, since I've already told my story. But it's pretty clear it is intended to intimidate others who might come forward. You need only look at the stories of intelligence analysts who say they have been pressured. They may have kids in college, they may be vulnerable to these types of smears.

White House Smear A War on Wilson? a thuggish act

So he will neither confirm nor deny that his wife--who is the mother of three-year-old twins--works for the CIA. But let's assume she does. That would seem to mean that the Bush administration has screwed one of its own top-secret operatives in order to punish Wilson or to send a message to others who might challenge it.
· This is the stuff of Kim Philby and Aldrich Ames [TheNation(US)]
· 16 words and counting ...Bully pulpit fiction: Hellbent on misleading [TheNation(US)]
· I was a fool to believe that those in command wouldn't dare risk the public's indignation at such an indecent scheme [ Augusta]
· current generations "have forgotten Watergate....I think the pendulum has swung again [NJ(US)]