Take on the any NY Times whistleblower outgoing

Everybody is critiquing Dean Barquet for the Times releasing part of the identity of the whistleblower but This editorial board finds the knowledge that it's a CIA agent incredibly valuable for the credibility of the the story. Nobody with half a brain realizes that you don't need to be a first hand witness to report a crime but had this been the White House butler with second hand info and not somebody trained in rooting out espionage, we might feel differently. Should they have released the info, maybe not but without it the GOP talking points might have carried a lot more weight