10.21.2005 |  Today's nuggets of political wisdom (you're welcome)

posted by Jon
12:53 | SAY SOMETHING |



The nomination of Harriet Miers and the inquiry into the behavior of Rove and Libby are two of the hottest politically flavored stories around right now. I won't bore with details on either one of them (if you don't know what I'm talking about, there is tons on each subject to read on sites like the Drudge Report), but I have a couple of quick things to say.

Concerning Rove:

So Rove passively confirmed the identity of an ex-CIA agent. Big deal, right? Well, I learned a year ago at the very beginning of my OPSEC training that a small piece of information that may seem insignificant on its own can actually be a revealing piece of the puzzle for foreign governments to use against us. While the name of someone who once upon a time worked for the CIA may not seem like a big deal, this information may have provided our enemies with lots of useful information. All of a sudden, everything that woman has done and everyone she has known throughout her life becomes immediately relevent to other countries. A slip like that makes me uncomfortable, and it's sad it happened at the hands (or mouth) of a Republican.


Concerning Miers:

Rush Limbaugh announced today on his radio program a plan for President Bush to withdraw Miers' nomination to the Supreme Court: Nominate her for Greenspan's spot! She's probably done a swell job on doing her own taxes all these years....

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