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Yesterday, The Washington Post, in an editorial reminiscent of the yellow journalism of William Randolph Hearst, launched a tirade against Ambassador Joseph Wilson; his wife, former CIA covert agent Valerie Plame Wilson; and special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. While WMR has been critical of Fitzgerald and his softball tactics, the Post does not have the right to criticize anyone involved in the prosecution of CIA Leakgate since the Post, itself, was complicit in the underlying crime of being involved in a major leak of classified information.

Incredulously, this is what the Post had to say about Libby's conviction: "The fall of this skilled and long-respected public servant is particularly sobering because it arose from a Washington scandal remarkable for its lack of substance." It would be interesting if the Post actually believes that the compromise of a sensitive U.S. intelligence operation aimed at interdicting weapons of mass destruction lacks substance. Make no mistake about it, the CIA Damage Assessment Report on the leak -- one of the hottest documents in Washington, DC, if any copies remain intact and not destroyed on orders from the Bush White House, will show that CIA non-official cover agents and assets -- some working for the Brewster Jennings and Associates CIA front company and others working for foreign intelligence agencies and other firms involved in WMD proliferation -- were identified, quickly extricated, tortured, imprisoned, or executed as a result of the leak.