Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson told Democrats that President Bush is jeopardizing national security by not firing Karl Rove for his role in leaking the identify of a CIA officer. He said that leaks hamper efforst to recruit informants in the war on terror.

Instead of a president concerned first and foremost with protecting this country and the intelligence officers who serve it, we are confronted with a prsident who is willing to sit by while political operatives savage the reputations of good Americans like Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson.