REP. PETER KING ON L'AFFAIRE PLAME

I'm hopeful that this CIA leak investigation may lead to bigger questions being asked...questions like: "Is the CIA a rogue agency?"

Against this backdrop, isn't the position of Wilson's spouse at the CIA a matter of legitimate concern or debate? Isn't it more significant that we have a rogue spy machine operating at cross purposes with our national interest than who said what to Robert Novak?

And how much credibility should we give to Wilson, who shows off pictures of his wife, comparing her to an actress in a TV spy drama?

America is at war with international terrorism. For us to win that war, the CIA must be focusing its attack on Islamic fundamentalists - not spreading disinformation against the elected leaders of our nation.

The CIA must be made to realize that we don't have the luxury of being at war with ourselves. For the CIA to get that message, perhaps the time has come for some heads to roll.

That's the real juicy story behind all the Joe Wilson propaganda. The mainstream media is simply following their new darling and making him an honorary executive editor, reporting whatever he tells them to report.

Joe Wilson says it and it becomes the complete story word for word -- or should I say lie for lie? Wilson did a thorough investigation in Niger. Lie. Karl Rove ordered his wife outed. Lie. Six reporters shopped before Novak. Lie. Nobody knew his wife was CIA. Lie. Valerie Plame now the top target for assassination. Lie.

But then there's...Valerie "Security Risk" Plame bragging to Joe "Security Risk" Wilson on their first date that she was a CIA agent working undercover posing as an energy analyst. That's a rare gem of truth the media forgot to widely report, let alone investigate further. The only two people we know so far that have recklessly revealed what they knew to be sensitive CIA business are Joe and Valerie.

Some speculation that the FBI and CIA should be doing: It's not beyond the realm of possibility that Joe Wilson sabotaged the initial investigation for reasons other than his liberalism. Did he do it on behalf of a very wealthy client or nation? If his wife had a hand in the assignment of the sensitive task, did she know of any plan to sabotage the investigation? They should both take lie detector tests before anyone else is given one.

Who hired Joe Wilson and why? It should be more important to the current White House and CIA than the question of who hired Craig Livingstone was to the Clinton White House and FBI.