[Fedora]

Doh!--should've scrolled farther before my last post :) Your article is the one in Post #42, right? Interesting. . .

[Fedora]

I read this a while back but I'm just now connecting it with what we're discussing here:

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2003/10/11/230706.shtml

"The C.I.A. suspected that Aldrich Ames had given Mrs. Wilson's name (along with those of other spies) to the Russians before his espionage arrest in 1994," revealed the New York Times on Saturday.

In a column revealing the critical information for the first time since the Leakgate scandal exploded two weeks ago, Times columnist Nicholas Kristof explained that the Ames tip compromised Valerie Plame's undercover secrecy so thoroughly that "she was brought back to Washington for safety reasons."

At the time, he noted, Mrs. Wilson "was already in transition away from undercover work to management, and to liaison roles with other intelligence agencies. So this year, even before she was outed, she was moving away from 'noc' – which means non-official cover."

[swilhelm73]

Yes.

The information is all out there, so it is surprising this attracted no one's interest. Organizations such as the one Wilson belongs to exist, basically, for the primary purpose of allowing the Saudis to bribe American government officials in a manner that while still immoral is certainly legal.