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washingtonpost.com - 12/3/2008

CIA Yet to Assess Harm From Plame's Exposure

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More than Valerie Plame's identity was exposed when her name appeared in a syndicated column in the summer of 2003. A small Boston company listed as her employer suddenly was shown to be a bogus CIA front, and her alma mater in Belgium discovered it was a favored haunt of an American spy. At ...

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Novak: ‘I Don’t Think I Hurt’ Valerie Plame And I Would Out Her Again Because The Left ‘Tried To Ruin Me’
Think Progress — ... from acquiring nuclear weapons and as one former senior intelligence officer put it, the leak made “it harder for other CIA officers to recruit sources.” ...

Unrepentant
Political Animal — ... in which my left-wing critics in the press and Congress tried to make a political affair out of it and tried to ruin me. My response now is this: The hell with you. They didn't ruin me. I have my faith, my family, and a good life. A lot of people love me -- or like me. So they failed. I would do the same thing over again because I don't think I hurt Valerie Plame whatsoever." I guess it depends on the meaning of "hurt," doesn't it? Novak exposed her identity, ruined her career, and made it more difficult "for other CIA officers to recruit sources." But I suppose that doesn't ...

Ethics Smethics
Comments from Left Field — ... from acquiring nuclear weapons and as one former senior intelligence officer put it, the leak made “it harder for other CIA officers to recruit sources.” ...