Spy Games: Why This Is Much Ado About Nothing
...McClellan refused to disavow efforts by prominent Republicans to discredit Wilson, a strategy a Republican aide in Congress described to The New York Times as "slime and defend."
McClellan would not answer when asked whether Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie was justified in publicly questioning Wilson's motives and credibility. Gillespie accused Wilson of being a "partisan Democrat" and noted that Wilson had donated money to the presidential campaign of Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.
McClellan was among those making such statements on Wednesday, when he accused Wilson of "backing away" from his accusations and "changing ... the issue all of a sudden."
Thursday, he accused Democrats of "looking through the lens of political opportunism. ... I don't need to go into names. We all know who they are."
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Matt's Chat
Let's review this one more time...Wilson hasn't a clue who leaked what to anybody. Therefore HIS allegations mean exactly squat. There is ONE person who KNOWS who leaked what and that guy (Novak) has already stated that the leak did NOT come from the WHite House. While I agree that this is a serious issue, it is NOT worthy of a special prosecuter. This IS a routine investigation that the Justice Department handles ALL THE TIME. Whatever links between Rove and Ashcroft and whatever companies either of them hold interest in have no bearing on the Justice Department doing thier job. Neither Rove or Ashcroft is running the investigation (to my knowledge), so there is no conflict of interest. That's what bringing integrity back to government is all about. We should trust that our government is going to be capable of doing their jobs...it costs us enough to fund them.
Mark's Remarks
But Matt, if this is much ado about nothing, then the dems really are bankrupt of ideas and morals as much as I think they are....oh wait, yeah, go Matt!!! Seriously, this whole thing reeks of Wilson hungering for the limelight, and wanting to smear people at the same time. Lets look at what he said in recent stories reported here. He said he wanted to destroy conservatives....he said he wanted to destroy Bush, and have Karl Rove arrested...Yep, he is a true patriot, and is not a partisan at all, is he? This man is a shameful huckster, who deserves contempt far more than the seriousness this is getting in the mainstream press. Of course, if the mainstream media were really objective, they might be asking what is the motivation right now of Wilson? Why didn't the CIA do anything to keep Novak from writing? Was Mrs. Wilson that important? AND, WHY IS IT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS THAT NOVAK HAS SAID REPEATEDLY THIS WAS NOT A LEAK FROM THE WHITE HOUSE? TAKE OUT THAT (EXPLETIVE DELETED) EARPIECE AND LISTEN, IDIOTS!!!! Now I feel better......
