"She says seeing her name in print was "horrifying, absolutely horrifying."

Horrifying, because Plame Wilson was no glorified secretary. In fact, as it's spelled out in her new book, "Fair Game," published by Simon & Schuster, which like CBS News and CBSNews.com is owned by CBS, she spent 20 years at the CIA, rising to top-level positions. Her assignments took her all over the world, where she gathered information, recruited spies, and worked for many years deep undercover. In 1998, she was working at headquarters, spying for the newest CIA division, counter-proliferation.

"Our mission was to make sure that the bad guys, basically, did not get nuclear weapons," Plame Wilson explains.

By the time her name was leaked in 2003, she was chief of operations for the CIA's joint task force Iraq, in charge of dozens of officers and analysts. It was before the Iraq war, and she was trying to find evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

In early 2002, Plame Wilson says an officer from her task force got a call from one of Dick Cheney's staffers, asking the CIA to look into the allegation.

"And just as we were talking and pondering this, another colleague of mine came by, overheard us. And he suggested, he said, 'Well what about Joe? Why don't we send Joe?' (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/17/60minutes/main3378089.shtml)" she recalls.

Send Joe, as in her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson.

When it was brought up, Plame Wilson thought it was a reasonable idea. "Because Joe has the independent credentials to do this. He knew Iraq and Saddam Hussein. He had served many years in Africa. He had in fact, knew the governments, the different governments of Niger," she says.

"He had, in fact, gone to Niger for the CIA before," Couric remarks.

"Yes. He had done some missions. Yes," Plame Wilson says."

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How often do Bush-fans have to hear this, before they finally GET IT??!!!! :confused:

"She says seeing her name in print was "horrifying, absolutely horrifying."

Horrifying, because Plame Wilson was no glorified secretary. In fact, as it's spelled out in her new book, "Fair Game," published by Simon & Schuster, which like CBS News and CBSNews.com is owned by CBS, she spent 20 years at the CIA, rising to top-level positions. Her assignments took her all over the world, where she gathered information, recruited spies, and worked for many years deep undercover. In 1998, she was working at headquarters, spying for the newest CIA division, counter-proliferation.

"Our mission was to make sure that the bad guys, basically, did not get nuclear weapons," Plame Wilson explains.

By the time her name was leaked in 2003, she was chief of operations for the CIA's joint task force Iraq, in charge of dozens of officers and analysts. It was before the Iraq war, and she was trying to find evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

In early 2002, Plame Wilson says an officer from her task force got a call from one of Dick Cheney's staffers, asking the CIA to look into the allegation.

"And just as we were talking and pondering this, another colleague of mine came by, overheard us. And he suggested, he said, 'Well what about Joe? Why don't we send Joe?' (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/17/60minutes/main3378089.shtml)" she recalls.

Send Joe, as in her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson.

When it was brought up, Plame Wilson thought it was a reasonable idea. "Because Joe has the independent credentials to do this. He knew Iraq and Saddam Hussein. He had served many years in Africa. He had in fact, knew the governments, the different governments of Niger," she says.

"He had, in fact, gone to Niger for the CIA before," Couric remarks.

"Yes. He had done some missions. Yes," Plame Wilson says."

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How often do Bush-fans have to hear this, before they finally GET IT??!!!! :confused:

I didn't realize Niger had differnt gov'ts. Most nations only have one gov't. Niger is either very unique or Plame is rather clueless.

As to being CIA head of iranian operations this is apparently one of the operations she was involved in.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1678219,00.html
Reading thru that one can only conclude that the people responsibe for that crazy idea (for which she seems to be taking credit) need to be removed from that position asap.

Yeah,I guess it's OBVIOUS why Little Lyin Joe Wilson and
Valeria saw fit to have their Picture made Poplar by Vanity Fair.
The same Motive behind their ability to cry foul and start a
scandal.Wilson was outted as a Liar and fabricated his narrative
about his trip to Niger.
But the Libral Media needed the template.Anything to get at Rove and
Cheney and ultimately Bush.
Literally

I didn't realize Niger had differnt gov'ts. Most nations only have one gov't. Niger is either very unique or Plame is rather clueless.

:rolleyes:

Wow. Talk about cluelessness.

When people speak about a certain country having *different governments*, they are talking about the government as it exists under various different political factions and leaders.

I understand you're still doing the esl stuff but in the english language country only has one gov't, unless there's been a revolution. There are different people in the gov't and he may have known the various people in the gov't but that would reflect both her and your imprecise use/knowledge of the english language.

KING: Now, didn't you have something to do with sending your husband over in the first place?

V. WILSON: I did not.

KING: Did not.

V. WILSON: I did not. I did not suggest him, I did not recommend him. (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0710/22/lkl.01.html) And, you know, the fact is that what Joe did was a service to our nation.

He was asked a serious question by -- and he was sent by the CIA at the behest of the office of the vice president to go check into this. And he went pro bono, only his travel expenses were paid. And anyone who knows anything about the African continent knows that Niger is not a junket or boondoggle."

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......And, nary a retraction.....or, admitting to having their heads-up-their-(collective) asses, over at FAUX-Noise (http://www.newshounds.us/)!!!! :rolleyes:

I understand you're still doing the esl stuff but in the english language country only has one gov't, unless there's been a revolution. There are different people in the gov't and he may have known the various people in the gov't but that would reflect both her and your imprecise use/knowledge of the english language.

All that it reflects is your embarrassing lack of understanding of the context of the remark; it is very common to refer to different regimes that run a country as 'different governments'.

(I find it ironic that someone who writes at the level that you do would comment on someone else's understanding of grammar and language usage. :rolleyes:)

ONe doesn't know gov'ts. One knows of gov'ts. One knows people in gov't. One knows about gov'ts. But one doesn't know gov'ts.

btw, what did you think of the cock-eyed scheme super-spy was involved in?
Sheer genius that one.

[QUOTE=Freethinker]:rolleyes:

Wow. Talk about cluelessness.

No such word as " cluelessness ".
I realize you love making superlative out of Republican political
hay.Kinda like a contemporary Boy cries Munchhausen.
Kinda like yer stories of Riding cannonballs and travelling to the
Moon and even escaping the swamp by pulling yerself up
by the hair.
Same dagburn thingy.