When the best of the best of our nation comes to work seeking to end real threats against the people of the USA, but, are turned into political toys, the only conclusion a responsible citizen can come to is the administration in the Executive Branch is treasonist and works to cause danger to citizens rather than resolve it.
The conservative media has challenged the importance of the work of Valerie Plame to justify as a reason for her outing, therefore, allowing the Bush Administration to punish Ambassador Joe Wilson where it hits at home. This behavior by an elected president and vice president is absolutely outrageous. To realize these men are still in office is simply more outrageous.
The idea that the work of a CIA agent pursuing the marketing of Weapons of Mass Destruction to or of a global terrorist network is trivial pursuit is the most hideous statement I ever heard. The REASON George Walker Bush "Jr." and Richard "Halliburton" Cheney used to justify the illegal invasion into Iraq was the capacity of that sovereign country to proliferate Weapons of Mass Destruction and use them. When realizing they used the opportunity of outing a CIA agent to stop 'the truth' telling of Ambassador Wilson and to realize that agent was not only his spouse but the very agent that would have the most information regarding the very 'REASON' Bush and Cheney cited for the invasion is a relationship in reality no media service has pursued.
The Bush Executive Branch's outing of Valerie Plame served several purposes; it galvanized the conservative media to mount a campaign that would promote the lead up to war with Iraq, it promoted the idea that Ambassador Wilson's Op-Ed in The New York Times was illegitimate and it stopped the very progress Valerie Plame was making in protecting the nation. Not only that but the work she was doing to track the illegal and dangerous market of Weapons of Mass Destruction was destroyed. No one could come along and simply start her work where she left off. It would take years of rebuilding the infrastructure of the spy network Valerie was supporting to accomplish that goal, if indeed it could be accomplished again. In other words, the irresponsible outing of Valerie Plame for political volleys in the lead up to war revealed the underbelly of the CIA initiative and with it the agents both domestic and foreign providing a support to her work. I don't want to know whom in the world may have been in jeopardy or killed due to the outing of Valerie Plame, but, I am confident the infrastructure she accomplished to build leading to undermine such a dangerous market was destroyed with the Bush and Cheney desperation to launch the attacks into Iraq.
The USA's authority to protect the people of the nation has been destroyed with an outrageous political volley by the outing of Valerie Plame and the appearance of challenging the authority of Ambassador Wilson's reputation. These are reputations and careers recognized in the greater world as people that can be trusted for relaying sensitive information to a trusted ally. The irresponsible outing of Valerie has only caused paused to many in the global network to dismantle terrorist networks when it comes to informing the USA and taking the risk to protect the people of this nation while improving circumstances for those that come forward.
The outing of Valerie Plame is a heinous act against the security of the USA and it remains unpunished for it's severity and stupidity, only left to be repeated by those that place their narcisstic political interests ahead of the best interests of the people of the USA.
Newsnight Book Club - Fair Game by Valerie Plame Wilson (click here)
25 Oct 07, 04:01 PM
The latest entry into the Newsnight Book Club is Valerie Plame's Fair Game.
Valerie Plame Wilson is the woman at the centre of the scandal that, ultimately, led to the downfall, prosecution and conviction of the former White House chief of staff, Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, for revealing her identity as a CIA spy.
In Fair Game, Valerie Plame Wilson tells her side of the story, and details her life as a spy. The following extract covers the moment her identity was revealed.
Watch Newsnight’s 2005 interview with Joseph Wilson
Fair Game is published by Simon & Schuster....
