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Valerie Plame Wilson and the Ultimate Betrayal
by Larry C. Johnson Valerie’s problem is her decency and humanity. She has reasons most Americans don’t know to be really angry with George Bush and George Tenet but she has contained her rage.
In a new tasty nugget in her book, Fair Game, she gives some details on the 2004 Al Qaeda threat to kill her.
The response of the Administration, or more accurately, the lack of any response, is enough to make the Pope curse.
What the Bush Administration failed to do and what George Tenet, CIA Director, failed to do, goes beyond cowardice.
What am I talking about? In 2004 the FBI received intelligence
that Al Qaeda hit teams were enroute to the United States to kill Dick
Cheney, Karl Rove, and Valerie Plame.
The FBI informed Valerie of this
threat. This was just more “good” news piled on the fact that her
intelligence career was in shambles, that intelligence assets she had
recruited/managed were destroyed, and that she was unable to rebut
publicly false and malicious smears of her character and reputation by
a bunch of partisan Republican hacks.
As the mother of two pre-school
children, her first thoughts were about protecting her kids. She took
the threat seriously and asked for help.
When the White House
learned of these threats they sprung into action. They beefed up Secret
Service protection for Vice President Cheney and provided security
protection to Karl Rove. But they declined to do anything for Valerie.
That was a CIA problem.
Valerie contacted the office of Security
at CIA and requested assistance. They told her too fucking bad and to
go pound sand. They did not use those exact words, but they told her
she was on her own.
Before learning of this I credited George
Tenet with doing a good job of restoring morale at the CIA but
criticized him strongly for playing politics with the White House and
helping set the table for scamming the American public into the Iraq
war. Now, in light of this revelation, I realize the man is a
despicable coward.
He refused to come to the aid of one of his CIA
officers who faced a specific death threat. In fact, Georgie boy never
once reached out to Valerie to provide any comfort or encouragement. He
wanted to stay on good terms with the White House so he effectively cut
her loose.
So if you have wondered why Joe and Val are a little
pissed off, this might help shed some additional light on the matter.
Not only did the Bush Administration out a covert intelligence officer
working on the most sensitive national security issues in a time of
war, but when that officer faced a direct threat to her life and her
family’s safety because of that public exposure, they did not do a
goddamn thing to help.
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Valerie’s problem is her decency and humanity. She has reasons most Americans don’t know to be really angry with George Bush and George Tenet but she has contained her rage.
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