Pat Roberts, the Kansas Senator who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, announced this weekend that he'll hold hearings on how the CIA designates and protects undercover officers. Roberts explained to CNN that the "outing" of Valerie Plame makes these issues a "big deal."
But then he contradicted himself. After referencing Plame's "outing," Roberts suggested she wasn't really outed because she wasn't really covert. Got that? In an effort to defend the White House, he trotted out this speculative smear:
"From a common...
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