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Title: Outed CIA officer to tell her story to Congress [C-Span Babe Watch Alert]
Source: AP
URL Source: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.d ... TIONWORLD/703160508/-1/ZONES04
Published: Mar 16, 2007
Author: Darlene Superville
Post Date: 2007-03-16 07:54:24 by a vast rightwing conspirator
Keywords: None
Views: 981
Comments: 80

WASHINGTON -- Valerie Plame's life changed the day her name appeared in a newspaper column, her job as a CIA officer exposed in black and white.


THE COUPLE IN QUESTION: Former CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband, Joseph Wilson, say her CIA job was revealed to retaliate for Wilson's public criticism of the administration. - HARAZ N. GHANBARI / Associated Press

She goes before a House committee today as both a shadowy figure and a celebrity, with lucrative book and movie deals in the works, a magazine cover in her past and her unceremonious unmasking four years ago the subject of persistent intrigue.
Now she is lifting the veil by her own hand, and to maximum effect.
The House is not in session today, and Plame's only competition for attention in Washington is a Senate subcommittee hearing on next year's budget for smaller federal agencies, and the annual St. Patrick's Day exchange of shamrocks at the White House between President Bush and Ireland's prime minister. In other words, it's no contest.
She's telling her story to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, where Democrats are eager to explore the circumstances of her outing and how the White House responded to the leak of her identity.
Although she's had little to say publicly, Plame has made more than a few splashy appearances with her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson. Last month alone, the Wilsons attended a book party for Terry McAuliffe, the former Democratic Party chairman, and were spotted having lunch with actress Morgan Fairchild at the Four Seasons.
Then there was last year's announcement that they were suing Bush administration officials they blame for ending her career. They rubbed elbows with Washington's glitterati at a celebrity-studded awards dinner for the White House press corps that year.
The couple famously posed in his Jaguar for the January 2004 cover of Vanity Fair magazine. A scarf covered Plame's blond hair, and dark sunglasses hid her eyes -- deepening the sense of mystery.
The disclosure of Plame's name closed one chapter in her life but opened others.
The mother of 7-year-old twins, a boy and girl, is finishing a book about her life and the leak of her name, tentatively titled "Fair Game," for which publisher Simon & Schuster paid her an advance of more than $1 million.
"She is hopeful she'll be able to get it out soon," Wilson said last week. "She's in discussion with the CIA about it."
Plame submitted the manuscript to the CIA for a mandatory review, which is done to make sure the book tells no government secrets. It was returned to Plame, who left the agency in January 2006, with suggestions.
"We are all awaiting Ms. Wilson's resubmission," CIA spokesman Mark Mansfield said Thursday. "In most cases, we are able to work it out in a way that satisfies everyone's concerns."
Plame's story also is headed for the big screen. Warner Bros. is developing a film based on the couple's lives, a screenplay is being written, and Plame and her husband are expected to serve as consultants.
The civil case against Bush administration officials also is moving forward. Arguments are set for May 17 in U.S. District Court.
Plame and her husband blame Vice President Dick Cheney; presidential adviser Karl Rove; I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's former chief of staff; and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage for revealing her identity and, effectively, ending her career. They say it was done to retaliate for an opinion piece critical of the administration that Wilson had written for The New York Times in July 2003.
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#1. To: All (#0)

Anyone knows whether C-Span is going to cover this?

a vast rightwing conspirator  posted on  2007-03-16   8:56:28 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#2. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#1)

So I've heard she will be....

war  posted on  2007-03-16   8:58:46 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#3. To: war (#2)

Just heard it. C-Span coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. EST.

a vast rightwing conspirator  posted on  2007-03-16   9:01:29 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#7. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#3)

I'm listening to Waxman on C-SPAN Radio right now.

aristeides  posted on  2007-03-16   10:21:22 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#11. To: aristeides (#7)

I'm watching now. Swearing Valerie in.

Hey, she'll answer all the questions truthfully, but then she'll have to kill the whole committee!

HOUNDDAWG  posted on  2007-03-16   10:32:27 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#16. To: All (#11)

Check out the pink-haired freak behind Valerie wearing a pink shirt or something that reads: "IMPEACH BUSH NOW".

Wow, Valerie just testified that her position as a covert CIA op was not "common knowledge on the Georgetown cocktail circuit".

Those were the exact words of some BushCo functionary. I'm guessing it was RushBo, because my barber repeated it as if it was the gospel.

HOUNDDAWG  posted on  2007-03-16   10:38:38 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#17. To: HOUNDDAWG (#16)

I just posted about her too, but I think "noticeable" is the goal, not freak.

robin  posted on  2007-03-16   10:39:41 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#18. To: All (#17)

Also, Plame hinted that bad things happened to other covert agents because of the leak; but she is unable to give specifics.

robin  posted on  2007-03-16   10:40:33 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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#19. To: All (#18)

Bottom line, no one will want to work for or with the CIA. (Well, except MI6 and Mossad - but of course, Valerie didn't say that)

robin  posted on  2007-03-16 10:44:27 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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