Valerie Plame on the 'Scary' State of Cybersecurity [and Scott Walker]

Inc. ^ | July 23, 2015 | By Maria Aspan Senior editor, Inc.

[exnavy]

Communist opperative.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

2010 -Valerie Plame and Naomi Watts attending the Gala Parade at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, on the red carpet for the film “Fair Game”

[tanknetter]

Her identity was leaked by an aide to Colin Powell, iirc.

Richard Armatige, right?

[exnavy]

That’s the storyline.

[Rummyfan]

Plame’s covert identity was blown in 2003 by journalist Robert Novak, using information leaked by aides to George W. Bush. Given that history, she’s particularly concerned about the recently disclosed breaches of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)--even if that’s been eclipsed this week by the more salacious-sounding hacker attack on Ashley Madison, the website for people seeking extramarital affairs.

That paragraph is so mendacious and ludicrous I'm flabbergasted.

[Darksheare]

Well, the talking point had been that just knowing who she was married to was the crime, problem was, Who's Who in America had this entry:

[Rummyfan]

“The information that is held there is very sensitive. It’s not just federal employee applicants and employees--it’s their spouses, their family, their neighbors, their landlords. So this is a gold mine for those who would want to target federal employees.” The U.S. government has decided not to publicly assign blame for the attack, although top intelligence officials had previously called China “the leading suspect.”

Blame for the attack? From what I understand, the OPM under Archuleta outsourced sys admin to a Chinese firm, giving them root access. In other words, they didn't even need to overcome firewalls, access control lists, and a lot of safety measures, they already had access level clearance to step through all those protections. Of course, what does one expect when a political hack is given her reward of a sinceure in the administration?

As for Valerie Plame, her 15 minutes expired long, long ago.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

“.....Her role as an adviser is “not clearly defined,” ........

[Dr. Ursus]

She was a clerk typist!

[holden]

"What does Scott Walker know about nuclear policy?"

Most people, if they bother to plow through the article, would place Valerie's name in that sentence in place of Walker's.

HF

[IMR 4350]

Hay Val.

Tell us about your role in Operation Merlin where B Clinton “accidently” provided the Iranians with the plans for a nuclear triggering device.

[HLPhat]

>>“What happened with OPM is jaw-dropping in terms of its implications,” she says.

Evidently the cultural worship of the emperor’s new Buzzword and Bullshyte adorned cyber-underoos isn’t as effective at securing data as it is in securing L.I.F.E.R. expectations.

[Grampa Dave]

Plame was never an under cover field agent. She was a CT, desk jobber, and she let anyone in the DC area or ?? know that she worked for the CIA.

When real agents get exposed, they and their family are in real danger.

Her biggest danger was a bad hair day before whining on left wing tv, ABCNNBCBS that she had been exposed as an agent or getting a paper cut:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/07/18/was-valerie-plame-really-covert-agent.html

[Darksheare]

Yup!

[miserare]

Is that old commie hag still around?

[miserare]

Valerie’s daughter had already told all her friends on social media that mommy was a spy.

[Darksheare]

I recall hearing that too.

[piasa]

Well, isn’t this special?

[Fedora]

Thanks for the ping. Meanwhile:

After An Email To Hillary, Company Directed By Ambassador Joe Wilson Was Awarded Africa Contract

As with many dealings involving Bill and Hillary Clinton’s backers and friends, there is no direct evidence that she directed help to Wilson or Symbion. But Wilson’s pitch to Clinton and MCC’s subsequent action at least creates the appearance of political favoritism. It’s the type of mutual back-scratching laid out in Peter Schweizer’s recent book, “Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Make Bill and Hillary Rich.”

The Clinton campaign did not return a request for comment. Nor did MCC. Minutes for the agency’s board meetings only go back to 2013.