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Originally posted by sgtclub
Absolutely, but not publicly.
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As I said yesterday, the people who were leaking had to know that they were going to get canned. But what Goss et al. are way beyond responding to that.
The leaking is also what the Administration gets when it says things that aren't true. For example, Cheney tried on many occasions to link Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda when the intel folks were telling him it wasn't true. Why do you think we're not well served when public officials let the truth out? Do you think the country would be better off if Daniel Elsberg hadn't leaked the Pentagon Papers? I can understand why Administration officials don't want people to hear anything but what they're saying, but someone with your commitment to the First Amendment ought to believe that a lively and informed debate serves us all.
