Thursday, July 13, 2006

Plame on the attack

St. Petersburg Times, via the Associated Press:

Washington (AP) -- The CIA officer whose identity was leaked to reporters sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential adviser Karl Rove on Thursday, accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to ruin her career.
--St. Petersburg Times
Note how the lead takes for granted that her identity was "leaked"--with the connotation of intentionally revealing her name even though the official investigation made no such finding.
Determined to have Fitzmas after all, Plame has initiated a civil suit. Though the burden of proof is typically lower in pressing a civil suit, I don't expect this one to go anywhere. Democrats rejoice nevertheless: The goal of enabling the old media to refer to the case will have been accomplished, and the old media is sure to oblige.

*Where "identity" appears in the quoted portion, I had earlier used "name," an apparent error of transcription on my part. My apologies for that.

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