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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: 1482
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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#45. To: All (#0)

Gloria Tonsils' turn now. I hope she is entertaining. She seems to imply now that it is all CIA's fault for having Plame outed.

a vast rightwing conspirator posted on 2007-03-16 13:49:29 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply

#46. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#45)

Gloria Tonsils' turn now. I hope she is entertaining. She seems to imply now that it is all CIA's fault for having Plame outed.

stupid witch

robin posted on 2007-03-16 13:50:36 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply

#47. To: robin (#46) (Edited)

It looks like she abandoned the line that: "Plame was not undercover and that she had a desk job."

The new line is that the CIA outed her. They also did not STRONGLY tell Novak not to publish her name.

a vast rightwing conspirator posted on 2007-03-16 13:53:12 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply

#49. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#47)

This latest chick seems like an apologist for the Bushies.

bluedogtxn posted on 2007-03-16 13:54:25 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply

#50. To: bluedogtxn (#49)

These 2 are the GOP witnesses lineup.

a vast rightwing conspirator posted on 2007-03-16 13:56:26 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply

#52. To: All (#50) (Edited)

The CIA director said that Plame was a covert agent but Gloria Tonsils says that she was.

Karl Rove says that he leaked the info but Gloria says that he didn't.

It is entertaining. And the Demo darkies are doing a great job. I think it's like three of them and they are merciless.

a vast rightwing conspirator posted on 2007-03-16 14:06:24 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply

#54. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#52)

Diane Watson (D-Calif) nailed Vickie's nazi hide to the wall. Vickie keeps trying to say, as she has brayed all over Fox for years, that Plame was not covert "under the statute." Watson pointed out she was invited to speak about a Presidential Directive, under which anyone being considered covert's identity is classified. She finally got Wall-Eye to admit she was covert under the directive.

Mekons4 posted on 2007-03-16 14:26:28 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply

#56. To: Mekons4 (#54)

Too bad it's over.

They should have kept that WH security director all day long and then called him back on Saturday.

a vast rightwing conspirator posted on 2007-03-16 14:31:13 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply

#62. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#56)

then called him back on Saturday

Do you know what's the schedule for this investigation?

angle posted on 2007-03-16 15:43:19 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply

#63. To: angle (#62)

I do not. I have no idea if they are even planning a follow up.

a vast rightwing conspirator posted on 2007-03-16 16:45:09 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply

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