ANOTHER SHOE DROPS – AT 9:22 A.M. ET:  Ace investigative reporter Michael Isikoff is nailing Hillary Clinton over what may be the most damaging revelation yet to come out of her sloppily managed e-mails.  The gun is smoking.  And if this gun is smoking, what others are about to smoke?  From NRO: 

Investigative journalist Michael Isikoff reports that an e-mail Sidney Blumenthal sent Hillary Clinton while secretary of State revealed the name of a CIA operator, putting the spy’s life at risk. Appearing Monday on Morning Joe, Isikoff said the e-mail, which Clinton forwarded to one of her State Department colleagues, is “evidence of a commission of a federal crime by somebody,” though not necessarily Clinton.

“This is maybe the single most problematic e-mail exchange we’ve seen with Hillary Clinton yet of all the e-mails that have been raised,” Isikoff said. “What you have there is Blumenthal telling the secretary that somebody at the CIA gave the name of a sensitive human intelligence source to somebody who wasn’t at the CIA.”

"On its face, that is problematic. All we know at this point is that Secretary Clinton forwarded that e-mail to a colleague at the State Department,” Isikoff continued.

Former CIA counsel, John Rizzo, also appearing on Morning Joe, highlighted the severity of the security lapse: “That’s the holiest of holies inside CIA — the true identity of a secret source.”

COMMENT:  Very serious indeed.  And yet, note the lack of interest by our supposedly zealous media.  Remember that during the Bush 43 administration much hysteria was created by journalists when CIA employee Valerie Plame was "outed."  It became a huge story and a Hollywood movie.  The implication of the reporting was that the Bush people were retaliating against Plame by exposing her identity because her ambassador husband produced a report the Bushies didn't like.

It later turned out that the "outing" was done by someone else, and that the Bushies had nothing to do with it.  But who cares about facts?

Eventually the Benghazi committee in the House, or perhaps some other committee, will have to take a good look at this outrageous leak of a named source.  Will it matter?  Yes.  It's part of the drip, drip, drip, that can eventually drown the Clinton candidacy.

October 13, 2015