Incompetence of the Highest Order

Yesterday on Hardball (MSNBC), reporter David Shuster had the following juicy tidbit regarding the Valerie Plame affair:

Intelligence sources say Valerie Wilson [Plame] was part of an operation three years ago tracking the proliferation of nuclear weapons material into Iran. And the sources allege that when Mrs. Wilson's cover was blown, the administration's ability to track Iran's nuclear ambitions was damaged as well.

So, to sell the public their war of choice (over the real war against Islamo-Fascism) the Bush administration broke the law by revealing the name of a CIA agent who was working on what promises to be the most important issue in the Middle East - and, by extension, the war against terrorism - forcing her to retreat from that highly senstive work.

That political calculation is solid proof of incompetence of the highest order in this White House.

At the very least one has to wonder why Karl Rove still has a job?