Joe Wilson: Wife Divulged CIA Secret on Fourth Date

NewsMax ^ | 5/9/04 | Carl Limbacher

[wagglebee]

Bush administration Uraniumgate accuser Joe Wilson defended his wife Valerie Plame on Sunday for blowing her CIA cover during what he described as "a heavy make out session" shortly after the couple first met in the 1990s.

"Well, I had all the requisite security clearances and, in fact, there is some personal discretion that is allowed when you are in personal relationships," Wilson told WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg.

Malzberg had asked about Wilson's admission to Vanity Fair in January that his wife revealed her CIA indentity in a moment of heated passion on their third or fourth date:

The magazine reported:

"Meeting in Paris, London and Brussels, [the relationship between Plame and Wilson] got very serious, very quickly. On the third or fourth date, he says, they were in the middle of a 'heavy make-out' session when she said she had something to tell him."

At that point Wilson told VF that his undercover enamorata interrupted their tryst and came clean.

"She was, she explained, undercover in the CIA," VF said. Wilson told the magazine that the revelation "did nothing to dampen my ardour. My only question was: Is your name really Valerie?"

The Bush accuser, whose new book "The Politics of Truth" details his outrage over having his wife outed by the White House, was less forthcoming about a report claiming that as early as 1994 her cover had been blown, forcing the CIA to return her to the U.S.

"I won't talk about anything related to her career, other than to point out to you that the CIA tells Justice Department investigators that she's covered by the Intelligence Identities Protection Act," Wilson told Malzberg.

In October, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof reported: "The C.I.A. suspected that [master spy] Aldrich Ames had given Mrs. Wilson's name [along with those of other spies] to the Russians before his espionage arrest in 1994."

At the time, Kristof noted, Wilson's wife was brought home for safety reasons and "was already in transition away from undercover work to management."

[Spotsy]

Oh, Mr. Dragoo - that is just too funny!

Too bad for the Dems that all of their would-be heroes - Paul O'Neill, Richard Clarke, Joe Wilson and others are turning out be such clowns.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

I really need to get a job at the CIA! Man, there are some swingin' chicks over there. James Bond films never lie.

[Fedora]

And why were they dining with Saddam's chief buyer for French arms on the eve of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait?

How'd I manage to miss that? :) Is there a thread on that?

[Enterprise]

I mean really! After only the fourth date this babe was HOT!

[Enterprise]

And another thing! Hey Joe, what did she tell you on the FIFTH date!

[The Scourge of Yazid]

I'd hate to think what she would have done had he worked for the Mossad. Jesus Christ!

[ampat]

Need to know is right. A fourth date doesn't constitute "need to know". Seems she blew, no pun intended, her own cover, and perhaps she should be disciplined.

[devolve]

Fits Joe perfectly.

Like Hillary Wilson does that queer forced laugh when he he does not want to truthfully answer or wants to divert attention from a question.

A real blowhard self promoting phony.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

At the time, Kristof noted, Wilson's wife was brought home for safety reasons and "was already in transition away from undercover work to management."

Yeah, whatever. Her slip-up, on a date of all things, should have caused her to have her security clearance revoked. And where can a person work in the CIA without a security clearance? There you go. Her next job should be at Winchell's Donuts.

[MeekOneGOP]

haha ! Looks like ole Joe is cooling hisself .....

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Don't be so hard on her. Haven't you ever let classified material slip in the heat of passion? Seriously, if JFK-the Commander-in-Chief no less-couldn't keep his trap shut during his amorous encounters, why should we expect a lowly CIA operative to?

[Doctor Raoul]

Need to know is right. A fourth date doesn't constitute "need to know". Seems she blew, no pun intended, her own cover, and perhaps she should be disciplined.

When you've already put out twice since the second date, you have to do something for an encore...

[Doctor Raoul]

Had he just taken her to the "No Tell Motel" he could have avoided all this embarassment.

[onyx]

This is unbelieveable -- on a 3rd or 4th date you would never divulge your were an undercover agent or to classified material you had access. Anyone that discloses they are undercover to someone in a heat of passion should not be in that type of position.

Guess this means nothing to the media?




Pitiful.
The woman must have been desperate.

[okie01]

"I wonder if there were similar revelations between Wilson and his second wife Jacqueline..."

Joseph C. Wilson IV: A regular Roach Motel for Mata Haris.

I fear Joe's 15 minutes are about to expire. He has been the source of a great deal of mirth and mischief.

I'm going to miss him. Val, too.

[cyncooper]

In October, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof reported: "The C.I.A. suspected that [master spy] Aldrich Ames had given Mrs. Wilson's name [along with those of other spies] to the Russians before his espionage arrest in 1994."

Somehow I missed tthe timeline from the NY Times (or I've forgotten about it). I do know that we freepers had logically deduced that if she had ever been undercover it was years ago and she had not been in that capacity for some time.

[T'wit]

>> I had to sign a document that obligated me for another 10 years

So did I, but I kept all the secrets for 30 years until the collapse of the Soviet Union made them moot. Now, as secrets go, these weren't much, but nobody had a "need to know" them either. So I cheerfully held my peace.

I am reminded by this thread of a certain Fraulein in Berlin. Romance beckoned, but the girl kept asking questions and more questions. I pointedly told her not to, but she wouldn't desist, so she got the boot -- before we got to the first heavy makeout session, much less the fourth.

[T'wit]

>> he could always go to work for Pfizer plugging their greatest patented invention ever.

So far Pfizer has resisted having the organ in question do the talking.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Too bad. Ever since Bob Dole left, that company's been in a slump.

[Shermy]

Wilson relates his arm's dealer dining date in the Vanity Fair article.