Today's QuickVote and Valerie Plame

From the CNN website:

Did leaking CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson's name potentially jeopardize U.S. interests?

Yes - 71%

No - 29%

It's good to see this recognition by a majority of the people.

UPDATE:

I want to share with you a CNN article called "Ex-CIA operative: Leak severely hurt U.S. intelligence". Here are the highlights:

• Plame Wilson: Leak of CIA identity jeopardized, destroyed networks of agents
• Before leak, husband Joe Wilson investigated, contested a justification for Iraq war
• GOP congressman: It's "more like a CIA problem than a White House problem"
• Plame Wilson: Perjury case against ex-Cheney aide shows leak "purely political"

And here's part of what the article says:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Valerie Plame Wilson told Congress Friday the leak of her identity as a CIA covert operative "has jeopardized and even destroyed entire networks of foreign agents."

For the first time since the 2003 leak, the central figure of the resulting scandal revealed her side of events that led to the conviction this month of a former vice presidential aide.
...
Novak's column destroyed her position and classified status, she told the committee.

The disclosure also damaged U.S. intelligence efforts, she said. "If our government cannot even protect my identity, future foreign agents who might consider working with the Central Intelligence Agency in providing needed intelligence would think twice."

Plame Wilson testified her work involved gathering intelligence on weapons of mass destruction.

Personally, I think leaking her identity was unpatriotic to the point of treason. The administration does not really care about the country; only about destroying its political enemies,