At a time when everyone is a potential vector of a deadly disease, a crowded. Valerie plame joins the cbs this morning cohosts to discuss her new book, blowback, which she says is intended to show a more realistic portrayal of spies in a landscape of paper doll. You may remember that valerie was a clandestine cia agent when she was outed by then vice president, dick cheneys chief of staff, scooter libby. Washington jta valerie plame, the outed cia agent at the center of a george w. Plame, a former cia operative, came into view in 2003 wh. Valerie plame announces run for congress in new mexico. Blowback, return with a globehopping, nerveshattering new novel featuring covert cia ops officer vanessa pierson. I have lived all over the world and have never felt more connected to a place and its special people than in the land of enchantment. Former cia operative valerie plame hits a snag in her.
Joseph wilson, diplomat at heart of iraq war firestorm. Congressional candidate and former cia operative valerie plame of santa fe, n. The latest was blowback by excia officer valerie plame and thriller writer sarah lovett. Handsoff outreach key for democrats in crowded primary. Former cia operative valerie plame s congressional bid hit a snag on saturday when she came in fifth with just 5. At left, valerie plame, forrest and sarah lovett pose with valerie s and sarahs first cowritten novel, blowback. Agent, will run for congress in new mexico my career in the c. Plame also randomly mentions that she is descended from ukrainianjewish immigrants, after being accused of being antisemitic. Exspy valerie plame congressional campaign is suddenly in.
The inside story of spin, scandal, and the selling of the iraq war, michael isikoff and i disclosed for the first time that valerie wilson was operations chief at. A week later, conservative pundit robert novak revealed in his newspaper column that ambassador wilsons wife, valerie plame wilson, was a cia operative. Former cia officer valerie plame and sarah lovett, authors of the tense spy thriller blowback, return with a globehopping, nerveshattering new novel featuring covert cia ops officer vanessa pierson. The truth about dick cheney, scooter libby, and valerie plame. Valerie elise plame was born on april 19, 1963, on elmendorf air force base, in anchorage, alaska, to diane and samuel plame. Bush administration scandal, said she is now the member of a synagogue in santa fe, new mexico.
She and her husband, ambassador joseph wilson, are the parents of twins. The democrats were clearly trying to put to rest the notion that plame was not under cover at the cia when numerous administration officials leaked her identity to reporters in summer 2003. Our state is magical in many ways, and i want to continue to protect its unique cultures. With a team like that and book jacket raves by some excellent authors, it seemed like a winner. Valerie plame leads congressional fundraising efforts. Over 10 years ago, i chose to make new mexico my home, and it has become my heart. Vanessa pierson the similarity of initials could have been a clue is on an assignment in vienna. Darkmoney attack ad pastes swastikas on house candidate. Fair game book by valerie plame wilson, laura rozen. Bush administration in 2003, is running for congress to. Plame was famously outed as a cia agent during the bush administration after her husband, the us diplomat joseph c. Valerie plame, the former cia officer whose identity was revealed during the george w.
Valerie plame, former cia operative, is remaking herself. Ap former cia operative valerie plame s bid for a congressional seat in northern new mexico fell flat at a statewide democratic convention where she failed to win enough local. Vanessa pierson, an undercover cia agent in pursuit of terrorists. She holds a bachelors degree from pennsylvania state university and masters degrees from the london school of economics and political science and the college of europe in bruges, belgium. Former cia agent valerie plame s status as a shooin to win a congressional seat in northern new mexico is now deeply imperiled amid charges shes an outsider from washington who knows too little. On july 6, 2003, four months after the united states invaded iraq, former ambassador joseph wilsons now historic oped, what i didnt find in africa, appeared in the new york times. Valerie plame wilson, the former cia covert operations officer, was born on elmendorf air force base in anchorage, alaska in 1963. Valerie plame wilson made an impressive appearance before the house oversight and government reform committee this morning. Valerie plame seeks realistic portrayal of spies with new.
New mexico must be the leader in the clean energy industry, by continuing to put forth legislation like the community clean energy training act so we can create training programs for young people to pursue careers in the wind, solar, geothermal and biomass sectors. Valerie plame, americas most famous exspy, finds her new identity democrat valerie plame the former cia operative running for congress. All that changed in 2003 when a conservative columnist, at the direction of senior white house officials, leaked her true identity. Valerie plame wilson, americas bestknown exspy, was looking chic in black bustier and flowing white pants, posing for paparazzi on the red carpet earlier this month at a film festival in.
With rapidcut shifts from european capitals to washington to the near east, and with insider detail that only a former spy. When vanessa narrowly escapes a devastating explosion at the louvre, she suspects the. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. It was payback for her then husband, ambassador joseph wilson. Valerie plame lied to voters in her very first campaign ad. President trump pardoned lewis scooter libby, who was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice related to the leak of cia officer valerie plame s identity. But that shroud was shed in 2003, when cia operative valerie plame s cover was blown in a newspaper column. The article said that jewish people own the media, and that their beliefs were as dangerous as a bottle of rat poison. Thats why im not taking a dime of corporate pac money, and my campaign is funded by small grassroots donations. Dick cheneys chief of staff took revenge against my husband and leaked my identity. But a few weeks ago, valerie plame and her husband, joe wilson, traveled to my new hometown of taos, n.
In order for business opportunities to expand, we must improve infrastructure. Valerie plame, author of blowback in blowback, plame channels her expertise in nuclear counterproliferation into a realistic portrait of a female covert agent. My life as a spy, my betrayal by the white house by valerie plame wilson and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Excia agent valerie plame, author of the memoir fair game. Sarah lovetts five suspense novels featuring forensic psychologist dr. Valerie plames claim that scooter libby leaked her identity. American thinker, by charles sullivan original article. In 2017, plame retweeted an article titled americas jews are driving americas wars from a website run by a holocaust denier. She needed at least 20% of delegates to automatically qualify for the june 2. Circuit court of appeals today upheld the dismissal of valerie plame wilson and joseph wilsons lawsuit against dick cheney, scooter libby and karl rove plame and wilson accused the four men of violating their constitutional rights by leaking plame s identity to the media in retaliation for a new york times opinion piece by wilson that questioned the bush administrations basis for. I hope to represent northern new mexico as your democratic congressional representative. New mexico conventions set primary lineups for congress. Wilson iv, wrote an oped in the new york times raising questions about the.
During the runup to the iraq war, george bush and tony blair tried to bolster their case for invasion by claiming that saddam hussein was trying to. Serving as a covert operations officer for the cia, valerie plame kept her occupation and identity a secret, even from her closest family and friends. Exspy valerie plame promotes her movie the new york times. , seeks support from local party delegates at the democratic party preprimary convention in. Valerie plame wilson is the woman at the centre of the scandal that, ultimately, led to the downfall, prosecution and conviction of the former white house chief of staff, lewis scooter libby, for revealing her identity as a cia spy. Valerie elise plame wilson is a former united states cia operations officer and the author of a memoir detailing her career and the events leading up to her resignation from the cia.
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