Flip side of classified disclosures
Let's see how this runs out. It has been revealed (appropriate choice of words considering the reaction) that the CIA is using old Commie prisons to torture captives. This is now being referred to the Justice Department for investigation of criminal disclosure of classified material.
If they prosecute on this and not the Plame matter, something is really wrong. The greatest harm to the CIA and its renditions that could come from this would be the rejection of this policy by the American people. And that would be their natural duty.