Excuse/Defense | By | Where |
Too complicated / too many facts | Reynolds | weblog |
| Volokh | weblog |
Doesn't make any sense | Sullivan | weblog |
| Reynolds | weblog |
Wilson is partisan / far-left | May | National Review |
| Podhoretz | New York Post |
Not a "leak", but arose in conversation | Robbins | National Review |
Nobody called Novak with the tip | Robbins | National Review |
| Hannity | radio |
White House didn't leak (according to Novak) | Limbaugh | radio |
Rove wasn't involved | McClennan | White House |
Explains why "unreliable" Wilson went to Niger (CIA/Plame responsible) | Podhoretz | New York Post |
Not an "operative" or "agent", but an "analyst" | Robbins | National Review |
(usually citing Novak), | Luskin | weblog |
or not sure if she was covert | Sullivan | weblog |
or not covert abroad | Limbaugh | website |
| Boot | Los Angeles Times |
Lots of folks knew Plame was CIA | Robbins | National Review |
| Novak | column |
| May | National Review |
Not a risk to Plame because she's not posted overseas | Reynolds | weblog |
Wilson is not in danger | Limbaugh | website |
It's a partisan issue | Hannity | radio |
| Reynolds | weblog |
Outing CIA happens 50 times a year, no big deal | Limbaugh | radio |
Plame's name was in the public domain | Limbaugh | radio |
(usually listed as wife of Wilson) | Limbaugh | website |
| Luskin | weblog |
"Manufactured" scandal / outrage | Limbaugh | website |
| Robbins | National Review |
| Reynolds | weblog |
Paying attention to Plame undermines war on terrorism | editors | New York Post |
| Hannity | radio |
Wilson was a bad choice to investigate Niger story | Robbins | National Review |
(incompetent, unqualified, or untrustworthy) | May | National Review |
| Reynolds | weblog |
Wilson is a jerk | Sullivan | weblog |
It's Wilson's fault (for making such a fuss about the Niger issue) | Levin | National Review |
Wilson lied when he said his mission was a request by Cheney | May | National Review |
CIA participated in exposing Plame | Luskin | weblog |
This is minor, real scandal is CIA intelligence failures | Boot | Los Angeles Times |
Wilson's whole act is a fraud | Podhoretz | New York Post |