The Plame Affair, Hollywood Style

judithmiller.com ^ | 12/09/2010 | Judith Miller

[OldDeckHand]

I went to jail in the summer of 2005 to protect the identity of a confidential source who spoke to me about Valerie Plame, the former CIA spy whose identity was disclosed after her husband publicly challenged part of the evidence that President Bush cited to justify his invasion of Iraq. I'm the only person to have gone to jail in what became known as Plamegate. But you wouldn't know it from the recently released movie "Fair Game."

There is no character based on me in the film—and that turns out to be a good thing. Although the movie is brilliantly acted, it is also a gross distortion of a complicated political saga.

Based on books by Joseph C. Wilson IV and his wife, Ms. Plame, the film purports to be what Mr. Wilson has called a "fair and accurate" rendition of the story. According to their view, her name was leaked by White House apparatchiks to punish Mr. Wilson for challenging the Bush administration's case for war.

[muawiyah]

Then you missed the whole point. I was imputing INTENT to Herr Fitzgerald. And yes, Scooter is Jewish, and yes he's older than me (which makes him elderly).

Fitzgerald wanted to balance his dealings against a Jewish lady by destroying someone he thought of as elderly Jewish man.

All makes sense in the world of the anti-semites from Chicago, and Fitzgerald is one of 'em.

[blau993]

I think we should agree to disagree on this one. You may also need to have your meds checked. Merry Christmas!