while
glenn reynolds
is
suspicious
of the “revenge” motive for the plame/wilson story passing the
smell test
:
“First, if you want to “intimidate” someone, committing
a felony at which you can be caught — and which doesn’t hurt the
target — doesn’t seem to be the way to do it. What possible
benefit was there to the Bush Administration in saying that Valerie
Plame worked for the CIA?”
reminds us that
revenge was
not what was being served
:
“The purpose was not to discredit Wilson nor was it
revenge against him, rather it was a way of substantiating White
House claims that they hadn’t seen Wilson’s report.”