The intentional disclosure of the name of a "covered" operative is a crime under the U.S. Intelligence Identities Protection Act.
"I doubt anyone from the White House is going to be prosecuted over this," said Jesselyn Radack, who represented Kiriakou. "It shows the continuing double standard over leaks."
Another scandal (and more endangered lives) to add to the ever growing list of this administration's "mistakes".
The officer's name — identified as "chief of station" in Kabul — was included by U.S. embassy staff on a list of 15 senior American officials who met with President Obama during the Saturday visit. The list was sent to a Washington Post reporter who was representing the news media, who then sent it out to the White House "press pool" list, which contains as many as 6,000 recipients.
The Associated Press is withholding the officer's name at the request of the Obama administration, who said its publication could put his life and those of his family members in danger. A Google search appears to reveal the name of the officer's wife and other personal details.
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What can one expect from the communist hacks in charge? .........And the corrupt media says, 'nothing to see here, folks. Not like it's serious or anything, - after all, it's not like the Valerie Plame scandal or anything disastrous like that. Nooooooooo!