Plame Shame
...for a "covert" agent, Plame and her husband were sure thrusting themselves into a hot political debate. Then it's a big surprise, a crime, and a cover-up when the people on the other side of the issue try to find out who Joe Wilson is and how he ended up in Niger?
Posted by yours truly on October 30. On November 6, someone with a little more experience in these matters fleshes it out for me:
Did no one at Langley think that her identity could be compromised if her spouse wrote a piece discussing a foreign mission about a volatile political issue that focused on her expertise? The obvious question a sophisticated journalist such as Mr. Novak asked after "Why did the CIA send Wilson?" was "Who is Wilson?" After being told by a still-unnamed administration source that Mr. Wilson's "wife" suggested him for the assignment, Mr. Novak went to Who's Who, which reveals "Valerie Plame" as Mr. Wilson's spouse.
Who's Who? What a fucking joke. It sounds to me like if you looked up CIA in the phone book, Plame's picture was beside it. With the shades, of course.
posted by The Man @ 6:05 PM
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