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ABC News revealed the identities of two CIA contractors--covert agents--who allegedly oversaw the harsh interrogations of terrorist detainees.(THE WEEK)(Central Intelligence Agency)(Brief article)

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ABC News revealed the identities of two CIA contractors--covert agents--who allegedly oversaw the harsh interrogations of terrorist detainees. The disclosure served no public purpose, but exposed the contractors and their families to the vengeance of jihadists and the antics of antiwar extremists. The media and Democrats demanded a scorched-earth investigation to smoke out Bush officials who leaked the CIA affiliation of Valerie Plame Wilson--at least until it emerged that the leaker was Richard Armitage, one of the Left's favorite Republicans. Mrs. Wilson was not a consequential intelligence operative (her ...

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