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| WASHINGTON — Valerie Plame, the diplomat's wife whose secret resume was exposed in a newspaper column that eventually led to the indictment of Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, is leaving the CIA on Friday, people familiar with her plans said. lame, 42, worked undercover for the CIA tracking weapons proliferation but saw her clandestine career imperiled after she was identified as an agency operative in the summer of 2003 in a syndicated column by Robert Novak. Friends said the mother of 5-year-old twins wanted to spend more time with her family, and that although she agreed to be photographed last year with her husband for an article about the case in Vanity Fair magazine, she had no plans to speak out.
"She did not have a career left," said Larry C. Johnson, a former CIA officer and a friend of Plame since the two were in the same agency training class in the 1980s. "She was no longer able to work as a clandestine officer, which was her reason for being." ohnson said that although Plame still had allies at the agency, her ability to function effectively was irreparably harmed after her status became publicly known.
"She is either a non-entity or radioactive," Johnson said. "Getting connected with her is not something that is going to enhance your career. She has been something of a leper."
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #16 IOW, iff the article is correct, when Valerie attended and worked around Penn State and State College, she was a de facto CIA Agent-Operative, etc. Dare JOE PATERNO AND HIS NITTANY LIONS - BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.............??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-12-06 21:34 |
| #15 A graduate of the farm or not, she hasn't deployed overseas in many years and for good reason. Lovely tender young white women who are also the wives or girl friends of high-profile US State Dept diplodinks and ambos don't make very good clan operatives. They never have, they never will. Plame set aside the shadowy world a long time ago in favour of motherhood, nothing more, nothing less. She should be commended for that. All of this "outing" stuff is media smoke and bullshit. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-12-06 19:13 |
| #14 saw her clandestine career imperiled after she was identified as an agency operative in the summer of 2003 Bullshit. She was pulled back due to an inside traitor that resulted in Plame's blown cover in Europe in the 90's that resulted in here being put into a desk job stateside. Go look up ALL the facts dammit! |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-12-06 18:26 |
| #13 the decision to leave makes her eligible to collect retirement benefits in the future, Johnson said. This is probably the real reason she is leaving. She posed for Vanity Fair, which is against the rules, as I understand it. She should have been fired for cause and and lost her pension. I suspect the big boys in the CIA are letting her off easy. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-12-06 18:02 |
| #12 SteveS: "From what I understand, she was working at a desk job for the last 5 years. Not exactly a clandestine position." You're WRONG! It's been for the last eight years. :) |
| Posted by: Justrand 2005-12-06 17:36 |
| #11 "She was no longer able to work as a clandestine officer, which was her reason for being." From what I understand, she was working at a desk job for the last 5 years. Not exactly a clandestine position. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-12-06 16:25 |
| #10 who vets the rest of the clowns Their predecessors. |
| Posted by: Jereting Shonter2622 2005-12-06 14:59 |
| #9 I wonder if she is a good example of the quality of CIA agents we have, or were directly hired as civilians. I doubt I would question those of some military background, but who vets the rest of the clowns? |
| Posted by: Penguin 2005-12-06 14:47 |
| #8 The big retirement checks from Saudi Arabia must be getting through... For Services Rendered. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-12-06 14:41 |
| #7 Now, if we can get the rest of her fellow travelers to do the same thing, it will be great. |
| Posted by: Mahou Sensei Negi-bozu 2005-12-06 14:20 |
| #6 "She has been something of a leper." No shit? After helping trash and attempting to undermind the policy of the President she finds she has little professional support? Who would have thunk it? Given the agencies track record on WMDs (her speciality) then I can't see her departure as a big loss. Johnson is full of shit about ther not being anyplace to work or contribute, except that maybe no office wants her around. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-12-06 14:16 |
| #5 She and Joe will be resurrected at the 08 DNC convention |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-12-06 13:44 |
| #4 Figure she gets her "60 Minutes" interview in, what, 2 weeks? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-12-06 13:38 |
| #3 Sports columnist/radio host/TV star Tony Kornheiser once announced (jokingly) that he was retiring so he could spend more time with Michael Jordan's family. So long, Val. Don't go away mad, just go away. And take Cindy Sheehan with you to Irrelevantville. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-12-06 13:28 |
| #2 "lame, 42, worked undercover for the CIA tracking weapons proliferation ..." Beautiful freudian slip, Steve. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-12-06 13:00 |
| #1 In five years she's going to be a damned tough Trivial Pursuit question. "I got it -- Valerie Flame! No wait, Valerie Bertinelli!" |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-12-06 12:50 |