Get To The Public Interest Part

Recently word come out of the Plame leak investigation has George W Bush authorizing the leak of Valerie Plame's name "for the public interest"
Let me see, leaking the warrantless spying of the government is not in the public interest but leaking a covert operatives name in childish retaliation for her spouse discrediting claims made by her husband against the intelligence the administration twisted is? What was gained in this leak vs. what was lost? We know that exposing Valerie Plame's anme put all her contacts at risk. It also exposed the company she worked for, Brewster Jennings, as a CIA front company. A company that was monitoring WMD worldwide. So is it in the public interest to remove US intelligence agents who are monitoring WMD? How does that make us safer? It doesn't. It's fairly obvious that the Bush administration has no real concern for US citizens safety. I mean they ignored warnings about BinLaden's plan to strike in the US, as well as potential catastrophe in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. So what does the Bush administration consider the public interest
"There were irresponsible and unfounded accusations being made against the administration, suggesting that we had manipulated or misused that intelligence," said White House press secretary Scott McClellan. "Because of the public debate that was going on and some of the wild accusations that were flying around at the time, we felt it was very much in the public interest that what information could be declassified be declassified. And that's exactly what we did."
"Irresponsible and unfounded"? Joseph Wilson's trip was to investigate the administrations claims about Saddam's attempt to purchase uranium from Niger. "Suggesting we manipulated or misused that intelligence"? But the Bush administration did misuse and manipulate intelligence, no one need suggest it, it has been proved. How did any of this bolster there case that the claims of the Bush administration were right? There was no purpose of leaking Plame's name other than to silence any critic of the Bush administration as to how low they would go to protect their drive for war with iraq, which they had been planning since at least September 12.
McClellan claimed that the release of information was designed to inform public debate about the war, when it had nothing to do with the public debate about the war. It didn't change the fact that Bush was using forged documents to bolster it's case for war, nor did it inform the public about anything but the Bush administration's lack of real concern with WMD falling into the hands of terrorists.
No, the Bush administration was using the war in Iraq, just as it plans on using the war in Iran (coming soon ) for it's political advantage. Wars and propaganda get the masses in a flag waving patriotic mood, which always works out to the advantage of those who are manipulating the intelligence. Iran has yet to be found in violation of any part of it's NPT obligations, but that hasn't stopped the scare mongers from saying they have. And, as an aside, the great irony is they plan on using nuclear weapons in Iran to combat Iran's peaceful nuclear program. But who could blame them for wanting to protect their country from all the oil thirsty neocons who look to take over their country?
So once again, Scotty, how does declassifying information designed to expose an operative working to monitor WMD worldwide covertly thereby protecting the citizens of this country from them falling into the wrong hands serve the public interest? Once again the Republicans have put the party before the country.