I think that Al Gore's first act as President should be to "Classify" God.

Tell the Intelligence community that, since we now have proof of God, and God is a Long-Hair, bearded, Liberal (like he raised his son to be), we must keep it from the Right Wingers, who would obviously riot and declare a war on God, possibly using their weapons of mass destruction (which we know they had in the year the year 2007, and never SAW them destroy ANY, so they must still have) thus endangering our national security and our way of life.

Of course, since that proof is under investigation, it's our policy not to discuss it. Other wise, something, something smoking guns and nuclear clouds...

Sooner or later we liberals are going to have to realize that trying to hold the Republican party to any kind of moral standard is a futile, misguided effort. You can point out the hypocrisies and discrepancies and gaps in logic until you're blue in the face, but it will never phase them. Fact is, they're playing by different rules--and their rules allow for winning by any and all means necessary. I'm pretty sure they're so dyed in the wool, calling them out for hypocrisy really doesn't make any sense of them. It's like trying to eject a baseball player for tackling an opponent. Doesn't matter to him; he was playing football all along.

It demonstrates Republicans can not be trusted with national security issues.

it would be good for those "brilliant" people who scream "PLAME" all day to remember that Richard Armitage was the guy who leaked her name, and the prosecutor never brought him up on any charges because no crime was actually committed. You can't pardon someone when they haven't committed a crime. Also, Libby wasn't pardoned, and he was never charged with divulging Plame's identity, again, because that was not a crime.

Shocking. Republicans leaking classified information for political gain. Never thought I would see the day...

I think the real scandal here is that the Democrats in Congress are the ones responsible for cutting our vital intelligence programs & capabilities in a time of war.

Wow. I can't believe this actually made the mainstream media.

I was expecting something on Hillary Clinton's cleavage or John Edward's haircut.

Then again, Brian Ross has been chastised by Republicans for reporting leaked information, too. So, good on ya, Justin, for pointing out the log in their eyes.

The ‘Valerie Plame case’ is/was just a distraction from the real story. Who was responsible for creating and distributing the forgery in the first place? It seems as if this administration has taken obvious steps to keep that information under wraps; one has to wonder why? This is only one of the many distinct points that this administration could/should be held accountable for. Creating intentional misinformation to start a war, does that raise to the level of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’? Impeachment is only the first step. For the crimes this administration has committed in the name of being ‘Commander and Chief’ should be a military trial and gallows when found guilty. Let the families of the dead Iraqis have a voice in what we collectively call Justice.

Look at what we have done in the name of 3 thousand innocent civilians. Why should we expect peace when there are 600 THOUDAND Iraqis who are just as dead and were just as innocent? As a percentage of Iraq’s population that would be like the USA loosing 6 MILLION people. How would the average American react to that? Those who support the war in Iraq just don’t get it. We cannot defeat terrorists by becoming terrorists; that is the only commodity Iraq is in no short supply of.

The disturbing irony, of course, is that the vendetta against leakers by President Bush and his allies is highly selective. In 2003, Vice President Cheney famously authorized the cherry-picked declassification of elements of the 2002 Iraq NIE as part of a campaign to smear Ambassador Joseph Wilson over his public decimation of the White House's uranium in Niger canard. As the National Journal reported in April 2006, leak plugging stalwart and Kansas Senator Pat Roberts (then the Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman) leaked details regarding Saddam Hussein's whereabouts on March 20, 2003 even as the Iraq war was just underway. And just last week, House Minority Leader John Boehner described classified details of the supposed "intelligence gap" created by a FISA judge's ruling, all in an effort to pressure his Democratic opponents to cave to President Bush's demands for expanded domestic surveillance authority.

No surprise here. The Republican party's MO seems to be all hypocrisy, all the time these days. From the treason of Plamegate to the sexual peccadilloes of Mark Foley and the Iraq "cakewalk" the unending lies of the "family values" party know no bounds.

Anyone dumb enough to continue to back these unethical and immoral morons that seem to be intent on destroying this country should see a doctor.

Who cares if their hypocrisy has reached gargantuan proportions as the collapse of the republican party is worth all the gold in Ft.Knox and then some...better check on the gold first though before we gloat as it is likely stolen and in their hands by now...se la vie

It seems that ABC is completely oblivious to the ongoing war between members of the intelligence community and conservatives in D.C..

Is this honestly the first you guys have seen of this? If so it's shameful. How many stories about Republicans with anonymous intelligence people are leaked on a daily basis.

Go cry a river somewhere else Mr. Ross this is the disgusting way the Beltway has become and why most decent people want nothing to do with these freaks.

Congress now has the opportunity to show us that they have raised ethical standards for themselves and have this man deprived of access to government secrets.

Wow! An article about Republican hypocrisy. Nobody could have foreseen that...

Where's the Republican outrage? Oh, that's right, Republican outrage is almost always baseless and blind to the facts.

Sane Republicans I know are leaving the party in droves. The rest deserve to dwell in the land of the 22%'ers who think the country is headed in the right direction. A near majority of Republicans are over 50 years old. In a matter of 20-30 years, the Republican party will be a thing of the past. The question is, can the country survive in the meantime?

Once the inforation is disclosed, it becomes fiar game: Were the budget cuts baed on informed debate; despite the Preident not cooperating, how did the Committee review the OBS/EXP data?

Time for the Committee to discuss publicly whether it has reviewed allegations of 5 USC 3331 vilations; and how their Committee counsel has responed to Grand Jury subpoenas over oath of office and war crimes information.

Once the budgets are cut, the court can review whether the NSA contractors were or were not illegally lobbying Members of Congress. It's serious business when requirements are falsified to secure funding. Major defense contractors have had their officers fired before. It can happen again.

If a Democrat did something like this, the talking points would be distributed to the Republican machine (Rush, Novak, Fox, etc.) and the attack would be overwhelming. The disclosure would pass to the MSM, starting with the Washington Post and the NYT, and progressing to Hardball and the Sunday talk shows. A second occurrance would make the cover of Newsweek and/or Time. Personally, I don't believe that either item shoulc be classified, and the more leaking the better.

This is just another case of Republicans not knowing how to govern

Treason is OK as long as you are a republican't.

More of the same....Republicans are the party of Fascist traitors, criminality, and incompetence all rolled up into a extremely toxic package. It's surprising ABC would report this, since they miss so much, so often.