Chuck Schumer: “So now we are finding that even people within the Justice Department mention in the article that political supporters of…”

“So now we are finding that even people within the Justice Department mention in the article that political supporters of Mr. Ashcroft at the Department's headquarters and at the U.S. Attorney's Offices around the country object, take issue with the way this investigation has been conducted. Again, this was a serious crime. This is what former President George H. W. Bush says about the leaking of names of undercover CIA agents: I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors. Serious stuff, traitors, not in the words of some partisan Democrat but of our present President's father, our former President. Here we are running an investigation that makes one scratch one's head and wonder how serious, how competent, and how careful this investigation is. I quote a former CIA agent, Mr. Marcinkowski, from an October 7 appearance on CNN, where he said: As an operations officer on scene in a country, the effects of this-- The leak-- are that anyone who knows you or did know you will now look at your mosaic. They will look at the people you've come in contact with. They will suspect those people, be they official contacts or innocent contacts. They will suspect those persons of being intelligence agents. They could be subject to interrogation, imprisonment and even death, depending on the regime that you may be operating under. He goes on to say: There's also ramifications for CIA morale.…”