Brian Ross should be tried as a traitor. HE KNEW what he was doing.

"If we are forced into a war because ABC News torpedoed our last, best hope at a non-military solution to the problem of Iran's militant, expansionist, Shia Islamist government, then the resulting deaths on both sides will belong in part to ABC News executives and Brian Ross."

Hyperventilate much, CY?

daveTM, Arbotree is short a couple of chickin mcnuggetts if you know what I mean

Karl, I'm with you big guy but you have to keep up with the rest of the squad. It's "chicken" but we know what you mean. Keep your head down and your mouth shut, it would help if you know what I mean.

I'd presumed we'd been doing this sort of stuff right along. If not, then we've been too nice.

'"The kind of dealings that the Iranian Revolution Guards are going to do, in terms of purchasing nuclear and missile components, are likely to be extremely secret, and you're going to have to work very, very hard to find them, and that's exactly the kind of thing the CIA's nonproliferation center and others would be expert at trying to look into," Riedel said.'

And for 10 points, which administration deliberately outed a key covert member of the CIA's nonproliferation department as retaliation against criticism of their SOTU position, undermining decades worth of work as well as hundreds of contacts, front companies and other assets?

Great. Anti-Americans in Iran have been making hay over Mossadegh for over fifty years. This will keep them going for another fifty. When will we learn that the best way to get democratic reform is to keep our mitts off of it?

I am without words to express my extreme disgust. They CANNOT be allowed to get away with this!!! TREASON!!!

With all due respect, guys:

When the "MSM" does something that you feel undermines a war effort, they're traitors.

When they do something that you feel pushes forward a war effort, they're traitors.

If they seem to want to end the war in Iraq, they're responsible for the deaths.

If they promote the war in Iran, they're responsible for the deaths.

First you don't want me to buy a pony. Now you want me to send it back. Make up your mind, Marge.

Wonder how long my comment lasts:

I've not watched ABC news in 10 years and this is just another example of why. If you have any proof it is illegal, submit it. Otherwise shut the hell up.

P.S. since you are ignorant of history, Abrams got sent up for withholding information, and the Iran contra issue was about bypassing the Boland amendment, a specific law related to disallowing funding "for the purpose of overthrowing the Government of Nicaragua."

Is there a similar law in relation to Iran? If not, then there is absolutely no corollary here with Iran-Contra.

Bout 2 minutes. hah!

Yeah, and I'm sure whatever harebrained scheme the CIA comes up will work perfectly. Lemme guess, we'll make the Ayatollah's beard fall out, and then slip an exploding burkha onto Ahmedinijad's wife.

Chances are, this information was leaked intentionally by the government, as a part of the program to intimidate iran. Sadly, "leaking" by "anonymous" sources who are actually using their anonymity as a tool to feed officially sanctioned information into the press is a lot more the norm than "brave whistleblowing" these days. The press should not report based on anonymous sources when those sources are not whistleblowers with legitimate worries about what would happen to them if it were known that they were leaking.

Sounds like a little Phy-Ops to me...

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Such plans are ALWAYS at the ready, I'm surprised when one becomes public and people appear shocked by it. We don't "know" if, in fact, such a plan is currently in play (ABC is not a reliable source for such information).

I suspect ABC news, or sources willing to talk to them, wouldn't know the difference between a plan that was solely on paper and one that was actually in effect, or how to report the difference, or would, in fact, be honest that there IS a difference.

And for 10 points, which administration deliberately outed a key covert member of the CIA's nonproliferation department as retaliation against criticism of their SOTU position, undermining decades worth of work as well as hundreds of contacts, front companies and other assets?

If the preznit does it, that means it isn't treason!

amusing. torture and illegal wiretapping and opening the mail of americans is good, and freedom of the press is bad. how is life behind the looking glass?

(LOL QUOTE)a key covert member of the CIA's nonproliferation department as retaliation against criticism of their SOTU position, undermining decades worth of work as well as hundreds of contacts, front companies and other assets? (/LOL QUOTE)

It's Valerie Plame! SUPER-SPY EXTRAORDINAIRE! She was *this* close to putting the kaibosh on the whole Khan nuclear proliferation ring, ending Saddam's reign of terror without violence and normalizing relations with the "Death to America" mullocracy. All before putting her twins to bed.

I always thought Bush would win. The bottom line is a game of chicken is always, "Who would rather crash than lose?" In the end, when it came down to a question of who was more willing to sacrifice the lives of American soldiers and Iraqi civilians, the Democrats blinked.

Just for information's sake, but they've (so far) left my scathing comment up.

When will we learn that the best way to get democratic reform is to keep our mitts off of it?

Yea, that scheme worked out pretty well with Hitler and the Soviet Union didn't it?

Yeah, Avenger, lets talk about WWII. Hitler was elected Chancellor by the same government that we helped force on Germany after WWI. Add to that a massive war debt to keep their economy in even worse shape than the rest of Europes and you've got a recipe for another world war.
Another example of is how the CIA overthrew a democratically elected but not sufficiently pro American gonvernment it Iran in the late 50s and installed Shaw Prevadi. The direct result was the revolution that put the Ayatollahs into power.
You wingnuts have gotta quit romantacizing WWII.