Byron York, writing in the Washington Times, asks some pertinent questions about the difference between the White House outing the Afghanistan chief of station for the CIA last weekend and the Bush administration outing of Valerie Plame several years ago. Why was the Obama goof a "mistake" and the Bush unmasking of Plame "treason"? The leak, if that's what it can be called, happened over the weekend as President Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan. In a routine email to the press, the administration included a name with the description "Chief of Station" after it -- a clear reference to the ranking CIA official in Kabul. It's hard to imagine a more sensitive assignment in a more dangerous place, and blowing the station chief's cover -- in an email to 6,000 reporters, no less -- will surely have repercussions. The White House quickly explained that a mistake had been made, but did not offer any details. Top officials announced...(Read Full Post)