Columnist Blows CIA Agent's Cover

[kentuck]

http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/ny-uscia223383072jul22,0,2375457.story?coll=ny-news-print

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July 22, 2003


Washington - The identity of an undercover CIA officer whose husband started the Iraq uranium intelligence controversy has been publicly revealed by a conservative Washington columnist citing "two senior administration officials."

Intelligence officials confirmed to Newsday yesterday that Valerie Plame, wife of retired Ambassador Joseph Wilson, works at the agency on weapons of mass destruction issues in an undercover capacity - at least she was undercover until last week when she was named by columnist Robert Novak.

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A current intelligence official said that blowing the cover of an undercover officer could affect the officer's future assignments and put them and everyone they dealt with overseas in the past at risk.

"If what the two senior administration officials said is true," Wilson said, "they will have compromised an entire career of networks, relationships and operations." What's more, it would mean that "this White House has taken an asset out of the" weapons of mass destruction fight, "not to mention putting at risk any contacts she might have had where the services are hostile."

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[RememberJohn]

1. Has this been covered on Crossfire yet?

[JNelson6563]

2. this is huge

and very telling of their vindictiveness. Team Bush will get the enemy at any cost. Any.

Sick bastards.

Julie

[annagull]

3. Ohhh---SNAP!

Novackula has really stepped into it this time! Wonder if he'll stick to his sources or fold like a cheap suit? So glad this is all blowing up today, they need to find out who is responsible for this treasonist act. Paging Mr. Rove.....

[VolcanoJen]

4. Dupe... locking

Kentuck, your link to the Newsday article would be helpful in the original thread on this topic, which can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=18072&mesg_id=18072&listing_type=search

Thanks!
VolcanoJen
DU Moderator

[DUreader]

5. Headline should be: Bush* Admin. Blows CIA Agent's Cover

[madrchsod]

6. wow i guess

novak is on their hit list..this story started last week,i think buzzflash broke this and several others..now the whitehouse is blaming novak.hmmmm maybe he knows alot more than the whitehouse wants him to. bob..how about the names of your sources before you have a "heart attack"?

[berry]

7. Jim McDermott (D-WA) was on the House floor just now

for special speeches, talking about this same thing. Of course, no one was there to hear, but now it's in the Cong. Record. And C-span broadcast it. I expect some journalists will quote him soon. This is a BIG story. McDermott was saying things like 'does the WH operate under different laws than the rest of us?' I missed it, but I heard that Wilson was on the Today show this a.m., and this was an item on Hardball and Keith Olberman's show last night (Andrea Mitchell--though she wasn't as hard-hitting as I'd have liked). Also on msnbc as the top article late last night.

Whoo-hoo! Joe Wilson is fighting back!