Valerie Plame - Outed CIA Agent

[goro]

I stumbled across some photos of "Valerie Plame" while doing other research and was amazed. I searched here but didn't find anything about her, so hopefully I'm not repeating other people's work here.

Valerie Plame, wife of former ambassador Joe Wilson, was the CIA agent whose cover was famously outed by Bob Novak in the Washington Post. Plame alleged that this was done in retaliation for her husband, Joe Wilson, writing in the New York Post that Bush distorted intelligence information to justify the war on Iraq. The movie about it, Fair Game, came out this fall with Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, and it was absolute BURIED in the theaters. I had been watching to see when it came out and I didn't even hear about it until it was gone.

Plame has been in the news lately. She was just signed to write a thriller for Penguin, I believe. I don't think Plame and Wilson were very successful with their lawsuit against the Bush administration - I think Libby was the only one charged, but Bush commuted his sentence, so he only had to pay a fine. He was the only one indicted in the various versions of the suits they pursued against Bush and Company. Plame was a nuclear expert and she appeared in the film Countdown to Zero, a 2010 documentary about nuclear proliferation.

I noticed that over the years the photos alleged to be of Valerie Plame do not always seem to show the same person. Remember, when she was in the news, it was always to support the "We're in Iraq under false pretenses meme and the Bush administration is evil" side of things. Her husband had issued reports that Iraq didn't posses the yellowcake uranium the Administration kept pressuring him to say was there, and finally took to the Post to get his side of the story out.

Anyway, some Valerie's have dark eyes and look absolutely reptilian and evil -- I mean, I got really bad vibes just pulling these photos together. Some of the photos are of a blue eyed glamor queen. And some are of a rather ugly and plain housewife. Who is the real Valerie? Which one was the CIA agent, if any of them were?







The above three photos were taken when she was testifying before the Supreme Court. Looks like they sent the lizard in to deal with the lizards!

Here are others:



This woman looks a little like Maria Shriver of the Kennedy clan.



Notice the extremely pointed chin in the above photo, and then tell me the photo below is the same woman?











I didn't look at enough photos of her husband to spot a replacement yet, but notice how he is suddenly sporting full beard and longer hair and glasses? Certainly obscures his features more.

What are your thoughts?

[artemis]

She got replaced, its obvious. Its part of the game, right? After all one of her books is called "FAIR GAME". She looks like a mix of Sharon Stone and Dana Delaney. Is that Steven Spielberg next to her, lol?

Take this as a hint



And check this out:

www.slate.com/id/2091907/

[beatlies]

"Valerie Plame" and "ambassador (TO IRAQ) Joe Wilson" was a big psy-ops fraud to trick liberals and anti-war people into cheering for and supporting the CIA and all their scum minions. And also trick them into supporting that fascist, unconstitutional law that makes exposing the CIA agents killing us and our children ILLEGAL.

It was also a major distraction from the real, valid grounds to impeach and remove from office the criminal, "9-11"-perpetrating and Iraq/Afghanistan/NYC-genociding Bushes-Cheney regime.

[goro]

Yes, and I think it's all very interesting that Falerie just landed a book contract to write a suspense thriller. Her handlers will no doubt implant it with the next meme they want the public to become obsessed with, it will definitely be made into a movie (while most real authors can't even get a book contract these days even if they have been a successful mid list author for years.)

[The Mask]

Apr 8, 2011 11:24:28 GMT -5 beatlies said:

"Valerie Plame" and "ambassador (TO IRAQ) Joe Wilson" was a big psy-ops fraud to trick liberals and anti-war people into cheering for and supporting the CIA and all their scum minions. And also trick them into supporting that fascist, unconstitutional law that makes exposing the CIA agents killing us and our children ILLEGAL.

It was also a major distraction from the real, valid grounds to impeach and remove from office the criminal, "9-11"-perpetrating and Iraq/Afghanistan/NYC-genociding Bushes-Cheney regime.

Exactly. More controlled opposition.

[The Mask]

Apr 7, 2011 21:02:50 GMT -5 goro said:

IAnyway, some Valerie's have dark eyes and look absolutely reptilian and evil -- I mean, I got really bad vibes just pulling these photos together.

Yes, I see a coldness in her dark eyes. A human with perhaps some reptilian genetics but with less than say, Newt Gingrich.

Notice the extremely pointed chin in the above photo, and then tell me the photo below is the same woman?

Yes, I noticed the chin immediately. What we are dealing with here is a clone. That is the MO of the powers that be. When in doubt, clone. No really, cloning is the major tool to establish programming icons to sway the minds of the masses.

[artemis]

"Romney bundler was go-between in Valerie Plame outing

A lobbyist bundler for Mitt Romney — who slammed President Barack Obama over political national security leaks throughout the day today — and donor to the super PAC supporting him was described as a "go-between" in the outing of CIA officer Valerie Plame, FEC filings show.

Lobbyist Richard Hohlt, an influential Washington figure for years who gave $20,500 to Restore Our Future and bundled $22,500 for Romney's campaign, was described by the late Robert Novak in his testimony at the trial of Scooter Libby that he talked to the lobbyist about Plame's identity. Per a Times story from 2009:

He surfaced in 2007 during the perjury trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr., an aide to former Vice President Dick Cheney. Mr. Hohlt had a cameo role in the leak that identified Valerie Wilson as a Central Intelligence Agency operative. The journalist who broke the story, Robert Novak, testified during the trial that he had given the column to Mr. Hohlt, a longtime source, before it was published. Mr. Hohlt said he gave the column to Mr. Rove, who was the White House’s political director at the time.

In a Newsweek story in 2007, the circumstances were described this way:

On July 11, 2003, three days before the column was published, Novak gave him a preview copy. (Unknown to Hohlt, Rove had already confirmed to Novak that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA.) That same day, Hohlt e-mailed details about the column to Rove, and later faxed him the entire unpublished article. (Rove's lawyer confirms this account.) ‘I was just trying to be helpful,’ Hohlt says. His role as a go-between later earned him a visit from the FBI, but it stayed secret until now. And that was just fine with Hohlt, who says that his greatest accomplishment as a lobbyist has been ‘staying out of the press.’ Thanks to last week's testimony, his cover--like Valerie Plame's--is now blown.

The blowing of Plame's cover became a major story in the lead-up to George W. Bush's reelection. Libby was a high-up administration official, and the outing of covert operative Plame — a move related to her husband, former U.S. Ambasador Joe Wilson — ended her career.

Romney said in his VFW speech earlier today that his White House would never "reveal classified material for political gain." Romney officials declined comment.

Efforts to reach Hohlt were unsuccessful."

[artemis]

"Valerie Plame welcomes new breed of fictional female spy in Zero Dark Thirty

Former CIA agent exposed in 2003 praises emergence of heroine 'whose most important weapon is her intellect'

The heroine of Kathryn Bigelow's controversial new movie Zero Dark Thirty stands out for her weapon of choice when helping to run down Osama bin Laden – a quick and ruthless mind.

Unlike other female spies portrayed in US popular culture, "Maya" – who is closely based on a real-life and unidentified CIA operative – does not use sex to seduce her enemies or, like Angelina Jolie characters, attempt to prove she can kick ass harder than men. Instead, it is Maya's drive, ferocious determination and keen intellect that bags the most wanted man on the planet.

It is a portrayal that has struck a chord with someone who should know: the high-profile former CIA agent Valerie Plame. "In popular culture, female agents are usually either highly sexualised or hugely physical – it is either using a sequinned dress or a gun. But actually the most important weapon you have is your intellect," says Plame, an undercover operative whose exposure by Bush administration officials in 2003 caused a major political scandal linked to the build-up to the Iraq war.

Zero Dark Thirty, which has inspired a blizzard of publicity in the lead-up to its release across America in January, is the dramatic account of the operation that led to the shooting of bin Laden in his Pakistani compound in 2011. The film, which has already attracted controversy over its graphic portrayal of torture, is a hotly tipped Oscar favourite and Jessica Chastain, who plays Maya, has already been nominated for a Golden Globe. But Maya is not alone in America's cultural landscape at the moment when it comes to savvy female spies. In the hit television series Homeland, the heroine, Carrie Mathison, played by Claire Danes, is renowned for her sharp analysis.

There is also Covert Affairs, a hugely popular TV show on the USA Network that features a young CIA female trainee whose cover is that she works at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. "These are starts to getting the public used to the idea and concept that women can be significant players in the intelligence field," says Plame.

Of course, that is no surprise to Plame herself. She had a highly successful career, including long periods undercover, that only ended when her cover was blown in a row over a CIA investigation that seemed to contradict official descriptions of Saddam Hussein's weapons programme.

Plame says women have brought a lot to the real world of espionage. "Women can be more attuned. Women read body language better and sometimes the subtleties are really important," she says.

In both real life and fiction, it also seems female agents have to contend with sexism – they must fight their own bosses, as well as the enemy. The Washington Post has reported that the agent who inspired the character of Maya has been passed over for promotion. In Homeland, Carrie is undermined by her superiors and drummed out of the agency. That strikes a chord with Plame – and no doubt women in other fields too. "Of course, some dinosaurs still roam the halls at CIA headquarters," she says.

Plame, in fact, is going to add to the new fictional world of female spies with a novel, called Blowback, set to be published next year. "I was so frustrated with how female operatives are portrayed. I thought: 'I could do better'," she says.

Yet the role of women in the intelligence service is still too often hidden – perhaps explaining the success of Zero Dark Thirty and Homeland. Indeed, Bigelow admitted last week that she had been surprised to discover how important women were in espionage. "You don't think of women being at the centre of that kind of hunt, for the world's most dangerous man, so I think that was kind of a bit of a surprise and a great one at that," Bigelow told Time magazine.

But in fact women – and not just the real-life Maya – were key to that operation, even before the 9/11 attacks. Last week, former CIA agent Michael Scheuer, who ran a unit hunting for bin Laden, revealed that he had deliberately selected a strongly female staff. "[Women analysts] seem to have an exceptional knack for detail, for seeing patterns and understanding relationships – and they also, quite frankly, spend a great deal less time telling war stories, chatting and going outside for cigarettes," he told CNN security journalist Peter Bergen.

Not that women at the CIA are chosen for the gentle touch. In the film, Maya is brutally focused on her job, highly aggressive with her colleagues and sits in on a session in which a detainee is physically abused – a scene that has sparked renewed debate in the US over torture.

In real life, the CIA agent behind Maya's character was reportedly so annoyed that colleagues got awards after the bin Laden operation that she sent an email to many of them suggesting that only she deserved any recognition.

That story perhaps shows that while women are invaluable at the CIA, no one should be too surprised that they are every bit as ambitious and hardline as their male colleagues. "They are alpha types, both male and female. Women are capable of having egos too," says Plame."

[lucy]

For all we know, there is no real Valerie Plame, but a brand...but in the political arena rather than the entertainment.

IMHO

[artemis]

because shes been replaced, yes, thus becoming a brand