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CIA couple outed by 5-year-old son
Reuters ^ | Thu Dec 29, 2005 | Tabassum Zakaria

Posted on 12/29/2005 1:14:33 PM PST by presidio9

The Washington couple at the heart of the CIA leak investigation had their cover blown by their small son as they tried to sneak away on vacation on Thursday.

"My daddy's famous, my mommy's a secret spy," declared the 5-year-old of his parents, former diplomat Joe Wilson and retired CIA operative Valerie Plame.

The former spy, who just retired from the agency, and the diplomat have been at the center of a CIA leak scandal that has reached into the White House.

They said they were headed to an undisclosed vacation location with their twins but stopped for a brief interview inside the airport terminal.

A special prosecutor has indicted Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, for lying in the investigation and has opened a second grand jury.

Plame's cover at the CIA was blown after her husband accused the Bush administration of twisting prewar intelligence to support military action against Iraq. Wilson said it was deliberately intended to undercut his credibility.

Wilson said he does not know how the current investigation was progressing and has only spoken to the special prosecutor twice, most recently in late September.

Plame would not be interviewed and stood out of hearing distance with the other twin.

Wilson said his wife's retirement allows her to spend more time with the soon to be 6-year-olds. "She enjoyed her career there," Wilson said of the CIA.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cialeak; plame; tabassumzakaria; wilson; zakaria
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1 posted on 12/29/2005 1:14:33 PM PST by presidio9
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To: presidio9

Classic case of media whoredom at it's best. Does Wilson ever think that he's a bit too much?


2 posted on 12/29/2005 1:15:57 PM PST by Bullitt
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To: presidio9

The 5 year old in question - BOB NOVAK


3 posted on 12/29/2005 1:16:07 PM PST by The_Republican
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To: presidio9

I'm assuming that this kid isn't a Republican, so I doubt he'll be indicted.


4 posted on 12/29/2005 1:16:11 PM PST by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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To: presidio9

Lock Him Up! ! ! !


5 posted on 12/29/2005 1:17:00 PM PST by DeaconRed (NYT=ENEMY)
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To: presidio9

I guess Reuters as a source qualifies as a BARF alert. :-)


6 posted on 12/29/2005 1:17:15 PM PST by peyton randolph (<a href="http://clinton.senate.gov/">shrew</a>)
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To: presidio9

Wow, only 5 years old and already has Mommy's eyes...and Daddy's overhyped ego and narcissistic personality.


7 posted on 12/29/2005 1:18:03 PM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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I'm sure Bush must be at fault here .... somehow.


8 posted on 12/29/2005 1:18:12 PM PST by Todd
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To: presidio9

Poor kid. The DUmmies are going to be calling for his head now, I guess.


9 posted on 12/29/2005 1:18:15 PM PST by Gator101
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To: presidio9

What am I missing here? Is Reuters seriously printing this ridiculous story? Or is this some kind of joke like an article from The Onion? Or is Reuters just looking for another reason to rehash all this idiocy in the press again?


10 posted on 12/29/2005 1:18:47 PM PST by cantfindagoodscreenname (Is it OK to steal tag lines from tee-shirts and bumper stickers?)
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To: presidio9
"My daddy's famous, my mommy's a secret spy," declared the 5-year-old of his parents, former diplomat Joe Wilson and retired CIA operative Valerie Plame. "

So did mommy or daddy tell him this?
11 posted on 12/29/2005 1:18:53 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: silverleaf

Am I going to be the first one to ask how junior figured out that daddy was a spy? When I was five I thought my dad was Batman.


12 posted on 12/29/2005 1:19:35 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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To: presidio9

This isn't from Scrappleface?


13 posted on 12/29/2005 1:20:35 PM PST by marvlus
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To: presidio9

Karl Rove paid off the kid with a lollipop.


14 posted on 12/29/2005 1:20:37 PM PST by KarlInOhio (What is the most obscene gesture to a Democrat? An Iraqi voter showing him a stained finger.)
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To: Bullitt
Honey, was Larry King here while I was asleep? I taste grape juice

15 posted on 12/29/2005 1:20:38 PM PST by Bullitt
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They said they were headed to an undisclosed vacation location with their twins but stopped for a brief interview inside the airport terminal.

OK....riiiight.

Does. Not. Pass. Smell. Test.

16 posted on 12/29/2005 1:20:43 PM PST by Brian Mosely (A government is a body of people -- usually notably ungoverned)
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To: presidio9

Oh those whacky Rooters reporters!


17 posted on 12/29/2005 1:21:12 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: cantfindagoodscreenname

I wonder why they never printed young Chelsea saying "my daddy's a pimp and my momma's a..."


18 posted on 12/29/2005 1:21:23 PM PST by Rakkasan1 (Peace de Resistance! Viva la Paper towels!)
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To: presidio9
Curious. All those Talking Head Media Whores are they going to follow all their own pontificating about Plame in the investigation into the NSA Leaker?

Not. I would bet they suddenly are going to fall back on their usually strict interpretation of the 1st Amendment now that one of their Democrat Party Heros is in the bulls eye.

19 posted on 12/29/2005 1:22:07 PM PST by MNJohnnie (We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.--GWBush)
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To: presidio9

I thought this had been in the news for more than 5 years.

What a noisy placenta.


20 posted on 12/29/2005 1:22:08 PM PST by Cvengr (<;^))
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