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.
Honey don't cry, the cigar smell you notice only belongs to Bill, he dropped by to see me (oops sorry see us) while you where out with John (kerry) and Hillary making warplanning.
That was my first thought. What an ego his father must have.
Thu Jan 22, 1:25 AM ET
By Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of former CIA staffers is pushing for a congressional investigation into the "shameful" leaking of the name of undercover officer Valerie Plame, whose husband cast doubt on the Bush administration's claims about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
In a letter to U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert dated Jan. 20 and obtained by Reuters on Wednesday, 10 former CIA analysts and operatives called the disclosure of Plame's identity a "shameful event in American history" that had damaged national security.
I thought for sure this was Scrappleface's work.
By Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson, a key figure in the Iraq (news - web sites)-Niger uranium controversy, accused the Bush administration on Monday of using intimidation tactics to stifle criticism about its handling of prewar intelligence on Iraq.
Wilson was sent by the CIA (news - web sites) to Niger in 2002 to investigate a report that Iraq was trying to obtain uranium from the African country, but returned to say it was highly doubtful such a transaction had occurred.
If Val was actually supposed to by a secret agent then the CIA really blew it. I knew the family of an actual CIA man they had no idea what dad did until he retired. They thought he worked for a luggage company cause he traveled so much. Of course that was back in the days when CIA agents actually kept their pie holes shut . . .
Roooters rooted out a bombshell story.
HE spoke with Fitzgerald???
Nope ... and why did she retire?
Isn't it against all ethics for Wilson to speak with Fitzgerald?
Gee, I wonder where he heard that.
I would think so .. I thought normally lawyers do the talking
Somebody tell Fitzgerald so he can indict the kid.
Or .... maybe Wilson was brought in for an interview
Let's take a pool to see how long this marriage will last now that Ms. Plame has no power Mr. Wilson can leech of of.
Let them rehash it all they want. It just continues to underline the original misdeed, and basic fact, which is that Wilson's wife sent him to Niger.
Bumped for book mark and reference...
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