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Perhaps I am splitting hairs, but sometimes the details matter. None of the people listed by McClellan were in fact the original source of the leak.
Unfortunately, for me at least, people on the front line who should have known better (not telling lies at the time) have no credibility when they come out after the fact and say they were "duped". From my point of view at the moment Plame was outed, I strongly suspected the administration was involved. I was note "duped", I would have most likely done the same thing in order to send a message to CIA agents using their spouses to undermine the credibility of the administration. If McClellan actually thought no one in the administration discussed Plame or was in-part involved in developing a strategy to address the issue, McClellan was pretty naive. But I actually think he has carefully crafted his words to sell books. I would have actually preferred if he was naive, I strongly dislike sell-outs.
But with all of that, I gusess we should really wait for the book to come out to actually get the quote in full context.
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