In depth discussion with former cia spy, valerie plame. If the campaign fails to reach its goal, plame wilson said she would explore options for. Season 2017 episode 22 28m 32s valerie plame wilson, the former united states cia operations officer and the author of fair game. Wilson is the former covert cia officer whose thenclassified nonofficial cover noc identity as valerie plame was leaked to the press in july 2003, after her husband, former ambassador joseph c. Careers blog about amazon press center investor relations amazon devices amazon tours. Use updown arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. House seat from new mexicos 3rd congressional district, testifies to a house committee in 2017. Former cia agent wants to buy twitter to kick trump off. When the backlash grew, she changed her mind and tweeted an apology. The public disclosure of that secret information spurred a federal investigation and led to the trial and conviction of vice president dick cheneys chief of staff, scooter libby, and the wilsons civil suit against top officials of the bush administration. It is also the first that i have read and i have the feeling you would be better off reading blowback prior to picking this one up. Former cia operative valerie plame wilson at a news conference in 2006. Valerie plame retweets article calling for jews on tv to. After valerie plame s cover as a cia operative was blown in 2003 and ended her espionage career, she had to reinvent herself.
My life as a spy, my betrayal by the white house, a memoir. When i returned home after that long book tour across america and europe, i was already well past the research stage on a new project, and i really just wanted to sit down. Foot on the pedal, plame careens backward down a dusty new mexico road, calling out scooter libby, who president trump pardoned in 2017, for outing her cia cover. Why people care about valerie plame and her antisemitic. A week later, conservative pundit robert novak revealed in his newspaper column that ambassador wilsons wife, valerie plame wilson, was a cia operative. Excia agent valerie plame tweets antisemitic article and. Opinion i believe some of your best friends are jewish. Plame says trump has her tweeting again local news. Following plame s resignation from the cia in 2006, she moved to santa fe and wrote a book about her experience in the cia and the leak scandal, fair game. Plame s identity as a cia operative was revealed a week after wilson contested the bush administration in a 2003 new york times oped. Valerie plame wilson, an excia officer, and writer shared an article on twitter headlined americas jews are driving americas wars. 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. My life as a spy, my betrayal by the white house new york.
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. My life as a spy, my betrayal by the white house kindle edition by wilson, valerie plame, rozen, laura. Valerie plame tweets story saying jews are warmongers in. Outed cia spy valerie plame and diplomat husband joe wilson are. This post has been revised to note that judith miller, in a book, recanted her testimony that identified i. Plame and wilson moved to santa fe in 2007 to raise twin children and divorced in 2017. Exspy valerie plame congressional campaign is suddenly in. All that changed in 2003 when a conservative columnist, at the direction of senior white house officials, leaked her true identity. Valerie plame, the former cia operative now running for the u. Valerie plame wilson was a lifelong cia officer until her cover was spectacularly and illegally blown in 2003 by the bush administration, ending the viabil. The book became source material for the 2010 film fair game starring naomi watts and sean penn.
Twitter responded with a big huh at first, wilson defended the piece by saying that many neocon hawks are jewish. Support valerie plame by keeping our ads on the air. Valerie plame, who was exposed as cia operative by aide to george w bush, announces death of exhusband. I skimmed this piece, zeroed in on the neocon criticism, and shared it. The other problem with valerie plames horrible anti. Outed cia agent plame launches bid for congress in new mexico. Valerie plame wilson sorry for tweet of antisemitic story. As the subject of the 2003 plame affair, also known as the cia leak scandal, plames identity as a cia officer was leaked to and subsequently published by robert novak of the washington post. Valerie plame finds herself again fair game albuquerque journal.
Valerie plame wilson wants to buy twitter and ban trump. Exundercover cia agent valerie plame wilson is looking to crowdfund enough money to buy twitter so trump cant use it. She is known for her work on fair game 2010, covert affairs 2010 and fearless 2017. Trumps former legal spokesperson could be the key to the russia investigation. That being said, i did enjoy this book a great deal. Covert cia ops officer vanessa pierson is finally close to capturing the worlds most dangerous international nuclear arms dealer.
Wilson had met valerie plame in 1997, while working for president bill clinton. An excia spy has a plan to force trump off of twitter heres how its going so far excia agent valerie plame says she is trying to raise money in order to drive president trump off of twitter because his social media habits are so destructive. Ousted from washington, exspy valerie plame asks voters. Former cia spy valerie plame recounts work, outing by vice. She initially defended linking to the piece, then soon backtracked.
The title of the book and movie were taken from a comment bushs. Former cia operative valerie plame wilson is apologizing after tweeting an antisemitic article titled americas jews are driving americas wars on thursday. Although the cia will not publicly release the specific dates of plames. Ousted from washington, exspy valerie plame asks voters to send her back ms. Valerie plame, who was exposed as cia operative by aide to george w bush. Much has been written about the valerie plame story, but valerie herself has been silent, until now. Can you chip in to make sure our ad reaches every voter in the district. If youve saved your information with actblue express, your donation will go through immediately. Cia operations officer, valerie plame wilson arrives for the uk film premiere of countdown to zero in london. She read books by then cia director george tenet and nationalsecurity adviser condoleezza rice. Brown valerie plame tweets story saying jews are warmongers in middle east former cia officer valerie plame says shes not being antisemitic, because her. Valerie plame wilson was born on august, 1963 in anchorage, alaska, usa as valerie elise plame. Valerie plame and joe wilson attempted to hijack american foreign policy when plame recruited her husband to travel to africa to investigate yellow cake.
Wilson dismissed those claims, later authoring the book the politics of truth. Valerie plame was outed as a covert agent by scooter libby who was convicted, had his sentence commuted by president bush and then pardoned by president trump. Its fascinating that richard armitage was the source of the leak, and one hardly ever hears anything about mr. Why people care about valerie plame and her antisemitic tweet. Outed cia agent and vocal trump critic valerie plame reportedly plans to run for the seat being vacated by senator tom udall of new mexico. Valerie plame and others have said things that some people might just take as antisemitic. Plame provided an account of her personal journey in her book, fair. The other problem with valerie plames horrible antisemitic tweet. By signing up you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Valerie plame wilson starts gofundme to get trump off. Introducing blowback, an exhilarating new espionage thriller by former cia ops officer valerie plame and thriller writer sarah lovett. They had two children, twins trevor rolph and samantha finnell diana, born in 2000.
Former cia operative valerie plame wilson is trying to buy twitter so she can ban donald trump from the social media site to achieve her goal wilson, whose cover was blown in a leak during. Though the twitter apology tour continued, at least one american jew wasnt buying it. Valerie plame wilson, the former cia covert operations officer, was born on elmendorf air force base in anchorage, alaska in 1963. She was previously married to joseph wilson and todd david sesler. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fair game. Excia operative apologizes for tweet of antisemitic article. Author valerie plame visited the aap government symposia on march 4, 2014 and spoke on the concept of limited government and its incompatibility with. Plame in 2017 used twitter to distribute an antisemitic article headlined americas jews are driving americas wars. Valerie plame wilson season 2017 episode 22 report. A truly thrilling book about real life intrigue that put u. Valerie plame knew what she was tweeting in this june. Valerie elise plame wilson nee plame, august, 1963, is an american writer, spy novelist. She did not select her husband for a cia factfinding trip to niger, but an. Joseph wilson, diplomat at heart of iraq war firestorm.
Outed cia agent and vocal trump critic valerie plame. This former trump spokesperson could be the key to the. At the 2017 aba spring meeting, jonathan granoff and valerie plame engaged in a substantive discussions on new threats in the trumpian world. Excia operative valerie plame apologizes for defending. In addition to the book s subject matter, mel can address the current fbi investigation in a meaningful and nuanced way. Valerie plame lived most of her professional life undercover, working. Valerie elise plame wilson nee plame, august, 1963, is an american writer, spy novelist, and former officer who worked at the united states central intelligence agency cia.
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