William F. Buckley on the CIA leak scandal

The importance of the law against revealing the true professional identity of an agent is advertised by the draconian punishment, under the federal code, for violating it. In the swirl of the Libby affair, one loses sight of the real offense, and it becomes almost inapprehensible what it is that Cheney/Libby/Rove got themselves into. But the sacredness of the law against betraying a clandestine soldier of the republic cannot be slighted.

I meant to post about this a few days ago, but got really busy. William F. Buckley has written an excellent article about the CIA leak scandal (via Doc Searls). I don’t always agree with his politics. But I have to respect someone who calls it as he sees it, without regard to his political affiliation.