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One good way to stop the spread of WMDs might be to stop exposing the identity of deep-cover CIA agents who specialize in finding them:

KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) said Tuesday an international drive to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction should be expanded to target those funding the deadly trade.

In a videotaped address Bush said his Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), launched a year ago in this southern Polish city, had already boosted security by stopping shipments of dangerous weapons and their components.

"We are determined to keep the world's most dangerous weapons out of the world's most dangerous hands," Bush told delegates from 60 countries at the PSI meeting.

"I proposed to expand the work of the PSI beyond the interdiction of shipments to disrupt and bring to justice the middlemen and financiers that enable this dangerous trade."

The latter, of course, is what Valerie Plame used to do before she was outed in political retribution.
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