http://laermer.com/2009/08/18/the-sum-of-novak%e2%80%99s-parts/ Fri, 18 May 2012 02:04:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://laermer.com/2009/08/18/the-sum-of-novak%e2%80%99s-parts/#comment-12028 Tiran Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:16:53 +0000 http://laermer.com/2009/08/18/the-sum-of-novak%e2%80%99s-parts/#comment-12028 How can you say that leaking leaking the name of a covert CIA agent in a newspaper, without reason other than political retribution "may" have been a bad choice? How can there be any doubt that it was a bad decision? That single action, which as you correctly noted, is what he will be remembered for, destroyed his credibility with any rational observer and has probably permantly tarnished his otherwise sterling legacy. And I say that as a (albeit non-american) conservative. It is a text book example for ethics in journalism. Risking another persons life for partisan points is repugnant. How can you say that leaking leaking the name of a covert CIA agent in a newspaper, without reason other than political retribution “may” have been a bad choice? How can there be any doubt that it was a bad decision? That single action, which as you correctly noted, is what he will be remembered for, destroyed his credibility with any rational observer and has probably permantly tarnished his otherwise sterling legacy. And I say that as a (albeit non-american) conservative. It is a text book example for ethics in journalism. Risking another persons life for partisan points is repugnant.

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