A great catch by Cole, who notes that a new CNN special should remind us that one of the chief witnesses in the extremely thin and frequently illogical witchhunt against Scott Beauchamp, First Sergeant John Hatleywas convicted of killing Iraqi civilians in cold blood:1SG Hatley...
smear jobs
To echo what Rob (and Henry) have said, it's worth drawing a distinction here. Reasonable people can argue about "outing" in the sense of, say, a newspaper publishing reliable information.
Kristol smears Obama. It's almost as if hiring a unscrupulous propagandist famous for thoughtful analysis of why the editors of your paper belong in prison for revealing illegal government behavior.