Actually, as much as I wish they would, I doubt that the Republicans will release the memo, because they don’t play hardball the way the Democrats do. Had the roles been reversed, that memo would have been on a million websites before the sentence had finished.

No. I did not recommend him, I did not suggest him, there was no nepotism involved — I didn’t have the authority.

Twist it anyway that you would like.

thanks for your comments.

If a CIA Director said it was a “slam dunk” that Iraq had WMDs, would that make it true? Would you start a war based on that information?

Quit tripping. Read everything that I wrote. I clearly stated that Waxman and Cummings spoke with Hayden. They stated that Hayden and the CIA agreed with the statement. Emphatically is artistic license.

Look for the Dem’s to ask the CIA to put out an official statement.

Thanks for your comment.

I will grant you that David Corn is a liberal. No doubt. I would however not categorize him as a writer for the DailyKos, instead, and more accurately I would say that he is the Washington Bureau chief for The Nation, a liberal journal.

Finally, I see that that no amount of evidence will convince you that Valerie Plame was covert. Not the special prosecutor, not Valerie Plame, not Rep. Henry Waxman and not the following statement from the Hearing as stated by Henry Waxman -

But General Hayden and the CIA have cleared these following comments for today’s hearing.

During her employment at the CIA, Ms. Wilson was undercover. Her employment status with the CIA was classified information, prohibited from disclosure under Executive Order 12958.

At the time of the publication of Robert Novak’s column on July 14, 2003, Ms. Wilson’s CIA employment status was covert. This was classified information.

Again, thanks for your comments.

You should read the transcript again. Waxman said that Hayden did not object to Waxman saying that Plame was a covert agent. This is very different from Hayden “emphatically” saying it. This is nothing more than hearsay.

Thanks for your assurance but I’ll not confuse innuendo for data.

As far as David Corn goes, he has written on the Intelligence identities Act before. If you read his column and how he came to that conclusion, you would gain some enlightenment. Also, I would encourage you to read the Act.

Thanks again for your comments.

Good point. How does David Corn know about Plame’s covert status? Who leaked to him? Why haven’t he and his leaker been indicted? Novak never claimed that Plame was covert, that was all Corn.

We should remember covert means that no one knows what you really do for a living. You have a “cover.” In order to be undercover he must fit in. Therefore, her cover was she was a energy analyst for Brewster-Jennings and Associates. Therefore, she was able to give donations and not call attention to herself by filling in the blank of employer with Brewster Jennings. For some reason, many people believe that covert means completely and totally unseen. Obviously, this is not right.

It is also clear that friends and neighbors thought she was an energy analyst. Therefore, whenever she did worked. Until her cover was blown, no one has come forward and said oh I knew she worked at Langley.

Being at a breakfast meeting with your husband does not seem to be out of the ordinary to me. Maybe that is out of the ordinary to you. Energy analysts don’t go to breakfast meetings?

Unless you are arguing that General Hayden has lied to Representative Waxman and Representative Cummings then your arguments are moot.  Both of them testified that they spoke with General Hayden, director of the CIA, who emphatically said that Valerie Plame was a covert agent at the time of her outing.  Valerie Plame herself specifically stated that she was a covert agent at the time of her outing, unless you’re arguing that she lied under oath.  Scooter Libby’s defense accepted the fact that she was a covert agent.  Maybe you’re arguing that they were incompetent.  Patrick Fitzgerald stated in the indictment that she was a covert agent.  He stated that again, publicly, from the courthouse after the guilty verdict was given.

Then again, maybe the CIA is trying to get at the White House.  The White House hung them out to dry over the intelligence errors in Iraq.  So maybe this is their attempt to even the score.  Of course, this theory ignores the fact that George Tenet was indebted to President Bush.  President Bush could easily hung him out to dry after the 9/11 attacks.  Instead, President Bush and protected him from assaults coming from both the left and the right. The president had the CIA director right where he wanted him.  The president had asked the CIA director to do anything and he would try and get it done.  This relationship seemed to throw water in the face of the theory that the CIA was out to get the White House.

I find it interesting that conservatives continually bring up the fact that Valerie Wilson gave money to the Democrats in 2004.  They go out of their way to mention that Joe Wilson was an adviser to John Kerry.  Somehow, in their discussion, they forget to mention the fact that Joe Wilson was really not a partisan hack.  In 2000, he supported and gave money to George Bush.  This seems to get lost in the shuffle.

Finally, Bill Harlow, the director of public affairs at the CIA, trying to get Robert Novak to understand the situation.  After an initial conversation with Bob Novak, Harlow specifically called Novak back and asked him, “I would ask that you not use her name.”  Bob Novak, being somewhat naïve, as, “why not.”  Harlow replies she would probably never be stationed overseas again.  Exposure of her name would make it difficult for her to travel overseas or conduct other business for the agency.  If Mr. Harlow was any planar he would have violated the law for disclosing classified information.

See David Corn’s blog post here for more information on Valerie Plame’s covert status.

Thanks for your comments.

The CIA allow Plame to attend in May 2003 a Democratic breakfast meeting where Wilson was talking to New York Times columnist
Nicholas Kristoff about his trip to Niger;

The CIA allow Plame to contribute $1000 to Al Gore’s campaign and list her CIA cover business, Brewster-Jennings & Associates, as her
employer

The CIA give Plame a job at its headquarters in Langley when it is mandated by statute “to conceal [a] covert agent’s intelligence
relationship to the United States”

http://thefreereport.wordpress.com/2007/03/18/valerie-plame-wilson-on-capital-hill/

If you are correct, then Valerie Plame will be and should prosecuted for lying to Congress under oath. General Hayden, CIA chief, will be prosecuted for lying under oath. Scooter Libby can have his defense team disbarred for being so incompetent that they never disputed her covert status in a case which revolved around her covert status.

Thanks for your comments, I’ve learn a lot.