Nadagate

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/16/opinion/16tierney.html?ex=1279166400&en=897af4c96d4b647d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

Where's the Newt?

By JOHN TIERNEY
Published: July 16, 2005

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At first it looked like an outrageous crime harming innocent victims: a brave whistle-blower was smeared by a vicious White House politico who committed a felony by exposing the whistle-blower's wife as an undercover officer, endangering her and her contacts in the field.

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For now, though, it looks as if this scandal is about a spy who was not endangered, a whistle-blower who did not blow the whistle and was not smeared, and a White House official who has not been fired for a felony that he did not commit. And so far the only victim is a reporter who did not write a story about it.