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"...Speaking to MSNBC's Chris Matthews, commentator Tucker Carlson expressed doubts about whether the revelation of Valerie Wilson's identity was damaging to national security..."
With all due respect, Mr. Carlson, YOU don't get to make that call. The national security necessity of keeping certain CIA officials' identities secret is PRESUMPTIVE for good reason. Moreover, it requires no great feat of intellect or imagination to speculate on what the Bush's administration's angry reaction -- and vigorous, immediate law enforcement actions -- would have been had the situation been the reverse, i.e., someone revealing classified information they WANTED kept under wraps.
Get serious. Mr. Fitzgerald got it exactly right during his press conference yesterday.
