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."

[anniegetyourgun]

ROFL. I'm only on the section about waivers for "significant others" who maintain libraries of kiddie porn files.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Oh, then you have just only started.

[jla]

huh...

What I was trying to convey, but failed, was what Ann Archy wisely says in Post 68.

[LouD]

there is some personal discretion that is allowed when you are in personal relationships

That is not true. A spouse, yes. A fourth date? Absolutely not.

[FBD]

I got it!

TX :)

[marty60]

I wonder how many agents for other malevolent groups she develge this little tidbit, in the throws of passion ofcouse. No wonder she got canned as a agent.

[The Raven]

I used to use a fake name - Ray Penske - the salesman at the local new car dealership.

[satchmodog9]

I had no idea.

[My Dog Likes Me]

Is anyone sick of this weird couple yet?

[L.N. Smithee]

So funny, you couldn't make it up. I can see a movie with Kirsty Alley and Martin Short.

Kirstie Alley and Martin Short??? Wouldn't you want the movie to be as funny as reality?

[hershey]

Me, too.

[MegaSilver]

It is a very good thing that someone found out her identity and published it before she could do even more damage.

You're probably right. It might even have saved her own life.

[RinaseaofDs]

Actually, there is NO latitude in confidentiality to significant others and spouses.

That's what the honey trap is about.