Did Valerie Plame help elect Chirac outing herself in 1995

Time Magazine and The Evening Standard ^ | October 27, 2003 and February 22, 1995 and March 7, 1995 | Michael Duffy ,Timothy J. Burger and Jeremy Campbell, and Adam Sage in Paris

[SBD1]

How do you ask for an investigation into “the investigation” of an already “outed” CIA agent that was recently just was “re-outed”?? Is the CIA and the Democratic Party that dumb as to use an already “outed” CIA agent as the basis for impeachment to get the President?

Let's examine the way the NOC NOC story is told which sure gives that impression that it could be Valerie.

The quotes by Rustmann “Plame worked under official cover in Europe in the early 1990s — say, as a U.S. embassy attache”

“— before switching to nonofficial cover a few years later. ”

Mostly Plame posed as a business analyst or a student in what Rustmann describes as a “nice European city.”

the quote by ” a former CIA official familiar with the matter.”

In early 1995 the French rolled up five CIA officers, including a woman who had been working as a NOC under business cover for about five years.

Although the NOC caught in Paris in 1995 was simply sent home, “it might not have been so easy in an Arab country,”

All of the above leads me to believe that it was Valerie. That Russman did not put his name to the quote as being familiar with the matter is suspect. The writer had to go to a different source for just that one little section of the story. A 24 year veteran of the CIA who was already being interviewed was not familiar with that case when a few paragraphs prior he was declaring Plame was a NOC.

My guess is that this little fiasco was when the media first learned about Valerie Plame. Another interesting thing to note is that the whole CIA spy fiasco was very helpful to the Chirac campaign. Chirac’s opponent was accused of outing the whole incident to the news media to divert attention from his wire tapping scandal. In reality, the Interior Minister Charles Pasqua went public two months after the Clinton Administration was informed and the Clinton Administration refused to recall the CIA agents. Pasqua claims that the US actually made the whole matter public and was the source of the leak. Pasqua was accused of playing politics by not quietly informing the US as the US had previously in French spy cases.

Sound familiar!! I know that some might that the acts above just shows how stupid the CIA is in general, but the above described spying indicates otherwise. The NOC was intelligent enough to avoid revealing personal information as well as any photographs, but she asks a an out of character question about Hollywood to a source.

The End result of all of this stupidity was the Election of Chirac which was also supposed to be the conclusion of the current CIA outing, but this time it did not work as planed because Kerry lost.

SBD

[nickcarraway]

Is the CIA and the Democratic Party that dumb as to use an already “outed” CIA agent as the basis for impeachment to get the President?

No, the Republicans are that dumb to let them.

[sure_fine]

Rove playing with the time machine again?

[nickcarraway]

The White House has acted defensive, like they did something wrong, since day one. If they had be on the ball about this, this "scandal" wouldn't have lasted two weeks. Why does the White House feel it is wrong to expose Democrat/media lies?

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[Peach]

So Plame's boss says she hadn't worked under cover for years. Did we know that he said this before?

[PhilDragoo]

[potlatch]

Plame's the name, blame's the game...

[sure_fine]

you're not the first to notice the lack of spine at the times they need it most

[Dajjal]

Clandestine bump

[wouldntbprudent]

Good catch! Now if we can only get Rush banging this drum.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

LOLOLOL

[pinz-n-needlez]

Bump

Pinz

[potlatch]

Oh oh, I should have 'trademarked' that, LOL. Alert me if you see anyone else using that!

[Dolphy]

Plame as an “exceptional officer” but says her ability to remain under cover was jeopardized by her marriage in 1998 to the higher-profile American diplomat. Plame all but came in from the cold last week, making her first public appearance, at a Washington lunch in honor of her husband, who was receiving an award for whistle blowing. The blown spy’s one not-so-secret request? No photographs, please

What a bunch of nonsense. The "blown spy" basically gave it up when she married Wilson in 1998. And no photographs? Did Vanity Fair get those instructions?

[freespirited]

So Plame's boss says she hadn't worked under cover for years. Did we know that he said this before?

Yup. In the Washington Times last summer. Naturally, MSM ignored it. Search here for "Rove Fight Escalates" or go to the link below.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050715-121257-9887r.htm

[thegreatbeast]

Fred Rustmann, a former CIA official who put in 24 years as a spymaster and was Plame’s boss for a few years, says Plame worked under official cover in Europe in the early 1990s — say, as a U.S. embassy attache — before switching to nonofficial cover a few years later. Mostly Plame posed as a business analyst or a student in what Rustmann describes as a “nice European city.” Plame was never a so-called deep-cover NOC, he said, meaning the agency did not create a complex cover story about her education, background, job, personal life and even hobbies and habits that would stand up to intense scrutiny by foreign governments. “[NOCs] are on corporate rolls, and if anybody calls the corporation, the secretary says, ‘Yeah, he works for us,’” says Rustmann. “The degree of backstopping to a NOC’s cover is a very good indication of how deep that cover really is.”

The Boston Globe checked out Plame's "fictive" employer company and found a very obvious CIA facade. No one was trying to give Valerie deep cover. You can look it up as they say.

[Rocket1968]

Bump

[ravingnutter]

So Plame's boss says she hadn't worked under cover for years. Did we know that he said this before?

Yes...this info came out in July of this year on Hannity and Colmes. I never miss H&C...I love to shoot Colmes with my rubber dart gun when he parrots the Dem talking points, it is such good therapy, LOL!