Good inflammatory title, huh?
Look, I'm a liberal and a hypocrite. I hate the CIA. The CIA is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths, especially in South America. Many Americans have run afoul of the CIA. They've ended up commiting suicide by putting two bullets into the back of their own skull. The CIA is an evil organization. I don't consider them a necessary evil.
I think if a source friendly to me leaked the name of a CIA agent, I'd be cheering them on. I honestly wouldn't care if Valerie Plame was murdered. I wouldn't wish her death, but I wouldn't mourn her death either. She chose her path, and I consider her path totally immoral.
Lots of posters here talk about treason, talk about hurt national security. I think if a leftist organization was the one responsible for the leak, you guys wouldn't be so vitriolic. I know I wouldn't be.
I want Karl Rove's head because it will help my cause. I really don't care that CIA operations were hurt. I'm a hypocrite. I'm an unrepentant hypocrite.