THEIR BEST SHOT

My emailer of a few days ago asked a question:

People need to stop hiding behind Clintonian semantics here and understand that even if no actual technical violation of the law is found in the Rove/Plame case it will still be true, based on what we know now from the Time emails, that White House actions compromised a CIA asset during a time of war. What would Hannity, Limbaugh, Scarborough and all the cable loudmouths be saying if it had been Sidney Blumenthal?

Here’s David Frum’s response:

As a matter of fact, a Clinton aide – not a top aide, but a political appointee – did release personal information about one of Clinton’s accusers, highly embarrassing information at that: I am referring of course to former Assistant Secretary of Defense Kenneth Bacon’s decision to release Linda Tripp’s 3-decade old arrest record to New Yorker writer Jane Mayer.

Er, that’s it. I’m not defending the attempted smear on Linda Tripp. But a decades-old arrest record is not nearly the same thing as outing a current CIA operative’s cover. At least, not to anyone who cares about national security. I thought Frum did. He will, of course, if the culprit turns out to be a Democrat or liberal.