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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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To: presidio9
Since neither parent is a secret operative of the CIA or any other intelligence agency, their 5 year old did not "blow" anyone's "cover".
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:23:36 PM PST
by
brothers4thID
("Kerry demands that Iraqis terrorize children in the dead of night")
To: presidio9
Am I going to be the first one to ask how junior figured out that daddy was a spy? Now Daddy's a spy too? The kid must have seen Joe looking through the bathroom keyhole while Mata Hari was bathing.
To: presidio9
ROFL! Kids say the darndest things!
So, if a 5 year old is spouting it off, one has to assume that everyone on the planet knows/knew and this prosecutor's case is without merit.
not that that matters. Scooter's a Republican. That's all that matters.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:24:09 PM PST
by
America's Resolve
(I've become a 'single issue voter' for 06 and 08. My issue is illegal immigration!)
To: presidio9
"5 year old outs his Parents"
I guess it runs in the family.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:24:33 PM PST
by
rs79bm
To: cantfindagoodscreenname
Is Reuters seriously printing this ridiculous story?Hurt conservatives, become the darlings of the press. Remember that elderly Democrat activist couple who were fed the(probable NSA intercept) tape of Newt's phone conversation? They were instant heroes.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:25:06 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Peace Begins in the Womb)
To: presidio9
Isn't it amazing how Reuters
continues to push the
"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." BS considering that in March of this year,
Reuters was one of 36 major news organizations and professional reporters' groups (including CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, The Associated Press, The Tribune Company, The Washington Post, The New York Press Club and The White House Corespondents) who
insisted that
"no crime" had been committed in the "Plame Leak" case because, among other things,
Valerie Plame's identity had previously been disclosed to both the Russians and the Cubans!
On March 23, 2005 these 36 "esteemed" news organizations and professional reporters' groups filed this legal motion which includes the following arguments:
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:25:11 PM PST
by
Zacs Mom
(Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
To: Rakkasan1
A little bit of Joe goes a really loooooonnnnngggg way!!
What an a$$!
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:25:13 PM PST
by
geezerwheezer
(get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
To: presidio9
They said they were headed to an undisclosed vacation location with their twins but stopped for a brief interview inside the airport terminal. They're going on a secret vacation, but Wilson stages a press interview at the airport. But it's really, really secret.
Note the typical grouping. Wilson talks to the reporters. Plame is in the background where she can be seen and photographed, but carefully avoids being seen to break her CIA agreements. When she breaks it, it's only in private.
This reminds me of the recent picture with Wilson up front smirking at the camera and Plame standing in the background in her pajamas, to indicate that she isn't giving the interview.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:25:19 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: presidio9
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.
No NO No...junior said Daddy was FAMOUS and Mommy was a secret spy. Apparently Joe reads the kids to sleep at night with copies of his Niger after-action report. It seems to have put the DIA to sleep when they read it.
Too bad the reporter did not ask the kid who Karl Rove was.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:25:22 PM PST
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: presidio9
My cat told me that Valerie Plame was a CIA operative 10 years ago.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:41:13 PM PST
by
manwiththehands
(My Christmas wish: I wish Republicans were running the country.)
To: presidio9
ROLF. The couple who couldn't keep their mouths shut.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:41:36 PM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: presidio9
Meanwhile, here is what the MSM is reporting on the leak of the super secret NSA program to catch terrorists:
" "
To: Bullitt
Winning caption:
"Honey, I had the strangest dream where I thought I was a secret agent."
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:44:01 PM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: presidio9
OK, this kid has got to go on the water board until he admits to being Karl Rove. And, the Reuters reporter needs to be jailed until she reveals her connection with the White House. These security violations are serious business. MAY BE AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE HERE.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:44:40 PM PST
by
MilleniumBug
(Pattycake, Pattycake, Wilson's the man...Bake me a yellowboy fast as you can.)
To: Just mythoughts
"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?
Bedtime reading in the Wilson/Plame household begins and ends with the issue of Vanity Fair with the vaunted photo spread of the "famous" daddy and the "secret spy" mommy in a convertible. Daddy has his arm propped up to show off his "$14,000 watch" and Mommy is wearing sunglasses to show that she is "a spy".
The narcissism and self-aggrandizement of this couple and their spawn are so puke provoking that it is surreal.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:44:57 PM PST
by
caryatid
(Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait ...)
To: presidio9
"My daddy's famous, my mommy's a secret spy," declared the 5-year-old of his parents.Number one rule of spys:
Hire a babysitter.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:45:44 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Over it is not, until over it is." -- Yoda Berra)
To: Zacs Mom
To: marvlus
This isn't from Scrappleface? Nope...just saw it on Yahoo.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:48:01 PM PST
by
Christian4Bush
("The only 'new tone' we hear should be that of the Left's telephone being disconnected. " dogcaller)
To: presidio9
Wilson will swear Bush was the one that told their 5 year old son that his mother was a spy, just watch.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:48:30 PM PST
by
Berlin_Freeper
(ETERNAL SHAME on the Treasonous and Immoral Democrats!)
To: presidio9
Indict the whistleblowing brat immediately.
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