it seems that many are agreeing with the leak of the story from the sole perspective that it is going to hurt president bush. aren't you the same ones who are screaming for the safe return of our troops immediately? would publicizing where are troops are going to be and when they are going to be there not further endanger our troops. there is a limit to freedom of speech, and the safety of others, in this case, is where the line is drawn.

as for iran wanting israel wiped off the map, it would also stand to reason that if they are making nuclear weapons, that would be a quick, and complete, way of doing it.

there has to be a new standard for journalism. they were given the information with the professional understanding that the info would not be released. on top of it, i just read a story on this outlet about proof that iran is supplying the taliban with weapons from raids that took place on april 11th and may 3rd. why has it taken so long to get this news? because that would start to validate what the administration has been saying about iran?

i can only hope that as i write this the not-so-covert troops we have in iran have completed their mission and are on their way to safety. hopefully abc news is doing the same.

We have two dictators? Decider? which stole the elections and are building an private conservative republican mercenary force which has no rules or laws to govern them.
Now I wonder why on one hand Bush & Cheney are destroying our military , while build their own private mercenary army that reports to no one but them??
We are an open nation and our two decider are changing this very fast.
Anyone with an once of sense understands this , but you always have a handful of people that shout loud and try to made it look like they are the majority.
Bush and Cheney has shut down our news media , our democracy , our constitution , freedom and laws and has no respect for anything except power and wealth.
They step on any law that they do not like and this is the most corrupted administration in our history , it you wish to call it an administration , a better name for it is a dictatorship which tortures , steals tax dollars and is destroying our nation at leaps an bounds.
Only a person that has ties to this type of government or a lack of knowledge on what a dictatorship is can support them.....

Remember the good old days when right wingers were suspicious of the government and not all their fellow citizens? I guess they abandoned that libertarian streak in favor of blind allegiance when Georgey-boy announced he was born-again!

"Do we have evidence to prove that Iran is making nuclear weapons? None at all."

Actually, Iran's enormous effort to obtain a complete nuclear fuel cycle is ample evidence in and of itself. The declared nuclear powers have an enormous overcapacity in their nuclear fuel industries, and have made a practice of providing reactor grade uranium to international customers at prices below cost of production. Iran could buy all the reactor grade fuel it conceivably needs for the next century at a lower cost than building its own fuel cycle. And Russia has essentially offered to provide Iran with all the reactor grade fuel it wants for free. The only reason any nation would want its own industrial level centrifuge assembly is that it is not satisfied with acquiring reactor grade fuel. And even if Iran was merely seeking to produce reactor grade fuel, the system it has built is already exceeds any plausible peaceful use....and it is expanding its abilities at great expense despite serious budget problems.

Iran will acquire nuclear weapons, probably within the next 5-10 years, unless the current regime can be convinced to desist..or is overthrown.

Give me a tiny...little...break. This highlights the need to put these criminally insane morons behind bars, for life.

Is mainstream media going to allow this? Instead of Dan's head now it's ABC?

Man do I love liberals... Nothing makes me laugh harder than reading all this crying about big bad evil Bush. Please wright more

These leaks of intelligence, whether to ABC news or the NYT are immensely more threatening, not to mention illegal and harmful to the American people than anything Scooter Libbey said or didn't say to a Grand Jury.

ABC asked about a highly classified operation. Of course, when asked if releasing details of this highly classified operations would jeopardize lives, an answer in the affirmative would be revealing classified information in that you have acknowledged the information ABC is asking about is now valid. It's a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" dilemma. And the rules on safeguarding classified information all unanimously require that you NOT acknowledge such a request from an outsider by verifying the story. It's simple OPSEC. The government was REQUIRED to not acknowledge the story. ABC should be investigated, it sources revealed (who obviously has access to classified information) and BOTH prosecuted for leaking and disseminating the information.

The U.S. has about 150 military bases spread around the world. That' a fact. For those who object to the word: "empire," what would you call it?

wow i don't know when i've been so entertained with the back and forth on this post. sure beats the dry as toast stuff i read up here in the frozen north.

Let's take this test: if the president's name was Obama, would the left just wave off yet another article blowing the lid off yet another classified intelligence program?

What is it about the left that they are unconcerned about -- if not take unabashed comfort in -- this sort of thing? Do they really identify more with America's enemies than with America? Or is it just that they hate Bush so much that nothing else matters except harming the administration?

It's pathetic to watch as the lunatic Right circles the drain. Compare the 37 years from 1970 (Nixon) to present to the 37 years (New Deal) 1933-1970. !st 37yearperiod: Fought the depression, WW2, and the Cold War. Built the Interstate hiway system (biggest public works project in history), California aquaduct (biggest irrigation project in history), half of the world's largest dams, 500 airports, sidewalks, bridges, and roads all over America. Murals still on display at post offices from coast to coast and theater projects that launched the careers of Humphrey Bogart and Orson Wells (inter alia). Virtually every school I attended in the '50's and 60's was new, with new books and a full menu of after-school activities. Went to the moon in 9 years w/ computers that, today, wouldn't run your wristwatch. Social movements brought full rights as citizens to Blacks (11-14%), women (51%), and Gays (5-?%), welcoming them into the culture as equals and, every year a raise in the median wage......2nd37yearperiod:Can't keep the hiways paved, haven't been to the moon since...well...democrats were in power. Students roomed in temporary classrooms in decrepit schools with NO after-school activities or functioning bathrooms. Massive public and private debt.First full generation in American history w/o a raise (in the 80 years btwn the Revolution and the Civil War, incomes rose 3X.)Industrial capacity transferred from the "Arsenal of Democracy" to the third world, leaving behind the "Rust Belt{"}...Ask yourself: Which system performed better?

Rep. Patrick McHenry is your classic republican right wing criminal jerk. Its a pity hes from North Carolina.

The White House knew about the repot and had 5 days to respond to keep it from being run. They didn't. They have no one to blame but themselves - unless of course President Cheney wanted it leaked out as propaganda. I mean, after all, he did out a CIA agent for the same reason.....

The press has a right to report this. The government works for us, and follows our orders, or they get voted out, like the Republicans just were. ABC / Disney has a lot of conservative opinion on their networks. Glen Beck, Mark Halperin. They're fair and balanced in the opinion department, and THIS is merely facts.

I think in all fairness it should be pointed out that the CIA is renown for its strict observance of international law and the laws of the nations in which its agents operate. ABC would do well to guided by ethical standards and moral integrity of the CIA!

"The U.S. has about 150 military bases spread around the world. That' a fact. For those who object to the word: "empire," what would you call it?"

Allies.

The US does not control those places, and has a presence there with the cooperation and consent of the sovereign governments.

Beating each other up is a not an effective way of dealing with common enemies from abroad.

When did GOP start to pretend to care about the rule of law again anyways ? Hilarious

These damn foreign governments. Trying to bully the United States. They better watch it. At any moment Bush might launch one of his stealth backrubs on one of their leaders.