American Republic Online

The LA Times claims it has learned the identities of three CIA officers beiing charged in Germany. They don’t release their names, but do provide details about them. For instance:

the pilot who called himself Capt. James Fairing picked up the phone at 2:28 in the afternoon and dialed his tree-shaded home in a subdivision carved out of pine forests here in Clayton, about 15 miles southeast of Raleigh…In real life, the chief pilot is 52, drives a Toyota Previa minivan and keeps a collection of model trains in a glass display case near a large bubbling aquarium in his living room. Federal aviation records show he is rated to fly seven kinds of aircraft as long as he wears his glasses.

Similarly for the two as well. So, if we’re really mad that Novak “outed” Plame, and that’s supposed why Libby is on trial, will there be trials for Bob Drogin and John Goetz? Or even outrage? Or musings about whether they should have published this information?

Or will it be ignored, as the jury deliberates on whether Libby lied to prosecutors? (Not, as the media would have us believe, that he revealed the identity of a covert officer.) Here we have reporters actually revealing information about real covert officers. We’ll see if Diane Sawyer has anything to say about it tomorrow on GMA (no doubt right after a psychologist provides insight into Spears’ mental health).