Valerie Plame: FICTION

Valerie Plame's appearance before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today is an example of performance art.

Or, if you prefer, it can be considered a complete crock, worthy of condemnation rather than applause.

WASHINGTON -- Valerie Plame, the CIA operative at the heart of a political scandal, told Congress Friday that senior officials at the White House and State Department "carelessly and recklessly" blew her cover to discredit her diplomat-husband.

Plame, whose 2003 outing triggered a federal investigation, said she always knew her identity could be discovered by foreign governments.

"It was a terrible irony that administration officials were the ones who destroyed my cover," she told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

"If our government cannot even protect my identity, future foreign agents who might consider working with the Central Intelligence Agency and providing needed intelligence would think twice," Plame said in response to a question.

The hearing was the first time Plame has publicly answered questions about the case, which led to the recent perjury and obstruction of justice conviction of Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

Blah, blah, blah.

The lib media are in full drool mode.

They are so thrilled with the "gripping political theater" that they are putting aside the truth.
I do believe that Plame's so-called cover was "carelessly and recklessly" abused, but not by the government.

Patrick Fitzgeral's massive investigation came to that conclusion. The only indictment that he could come up with was one that dealt with memory issues and NOT the outing of a covert CIA agent.

Plame and her liar husband Joe Wilson abused her position with the CIA.

Read more here and here.

Plame and Wilson are scam artists. These political hacks have turned their lies into a flourishing cottage industry -- magazine spreads, a book, a movie.

She's staging this joke of a performance today to be a chapter in a book and another dramatic scene in a movie.

By definition, any books or movies about this non-scandal scandal that have Valerie Plame or Joe Wilson's stamp of approval will be fictional accounts.

In this case, fiction is a kinder way to say LIE.

My review: I give Plame's performance today a big two thumbs down.