March 16, 2007

Plame: I R a Sooper-Secrud Ajent

And I need to live in the shadows.

Brian Flemming's lefty take from 2003 on the Vanity Fair photo flap:

Of course, a logical person would realize that Joseph Wilson and his wife could be self-promoters and at the same time it could also be also true that someone at a high-level in the White House illegally outed Plame for revenge and/or as a warning (especially since the most compelling information has come not from Wilson, but from CIA sources). And it wouldn't even matter if Plame's face were totally shown--her cover was 100% blown already (by the White House, apparently), so she'll never be undercover again, picture or no picture.

Fair enough. But was she undercover at the time? And, if so, why was she consorting with the press while undercover? And why was it distressing for someone in her office to be asked for information by the Vice President? Cliff May from the Corner remarks:

IsnÂ’t providing intelligence to the White House among the main purposes for which the CIA was created?

Evidently not. Evidently junior CIA officers have better things to do.

Does Plamegate make you feel like Alice in Wonderland? You're not alone.

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1 So when does Dick Armetiage get charged? Or does the MSM even listen to their own reports?

Posted by: Jack at March 16, 2007 11:28 AM (RA61y)

2 No indictments. Just another chance for the MSM to push that fantasy story they spent years crafting. And to take a few more kicks at Bush, Cheney, and Rove. Funny how the Press has nothing to add when the Dems put on a dog-and-pony show. They just play the tapes , then repeat what the tapes say and repeat the Democrat spin. When Bush tries to defend a minor point, they suddenly provide a treasure-trove of counter information, including statements from those with opposing views. I never heard Armitage's name even mentioned today. Much less that she had already been outed years before by Aldridge Ames. Then again by the Swiss to the Cubans..."Mischt!!! I thought that was our order for Cuban cigars!" Who knew the third time(or 103rd time, if you include the times Wilson mentioned his wife working for the CIA when working the public speakers' tour months before the July 10, 2003 article by Novak, the DC Christmas parties for years where people like Andrea Mitchell heard Plame say she works for the CIA, Joe Wilson's Who's Who listing, and...oh, forget it. Everybody knows James Bond by name, if not by sight. She was listed in the Langley directory, btw. I know. I called the reception desk a couple of days after the Novak article. The receptionist put me through to a secretary who said Ms Plame is not at her desk, then put me through to her voice mail before I could tell her to forget it. The voice mail message said "This is Valerie Plame. I'm not in my office right now . . ."

Posted by: Darrell at March 16, 2007 09:44 PM (F3ea3)

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