Is the clue all in a name? Plame v Wilson [View All]

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If Fitzgerald hasn't called Novak back and leaned on him a little then he should.

Knowing now from today's WP article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072002517_pf.html

Plame -- who is referred to by her married name, Valerie Wilson, in the memo -- is mentioned in the second paragraph of the three-page document, which was written on June 10, 2003, by an analyst in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), according to a source who described the memo to The Washington Post.

The paragraph identifying her as the wife of former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV was clearly marked to show that it contained classified material at the "secret" level, two sources said. The CIA classifies as "secret" the names of officers whose identities are covert, according to former senior agency officials.

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that Mrs. Wilson was known as Mrs. Wilson, or Valerie Wilson at the CIA, and this identifying name remained intact even when labeled "secret" in official memorandum, one has to ask the BIG question of why Robert Novak identified her as "Valerie Plame, CIA operative."

We now know that high level government officials plotted against Ambassador Wilson in order to diminish the validity and viablity of his CIA debriefing of his Niger assignment. This plot accuses Valerie Wilson of orchestrating and directing Joe Wilson to a boondoggle trip to Niger by using her CIA status. Why not just identify her as Valerie Wilson, Joe Wilson's wife? Why Valerie Plame? The desired result wouldn't have been affected.

The reasons I've read so far fall short. Sure Robert Novak could have looked up Valerie Wilson and found that her maiden name was Plame. But why would he bother? She had been known at the CIA and in government for 6 years as Valerie Wilson. Any search on CIA employees would only yield the name Wilson. Novak had to have another agenda or was used for another agenda. Novak is now stating that he mistakenly and inadvertently used the term "CIA operative" in describing Valerie Wilson and had no intention of implying that she is or was a covert agent. I submit Novak identified her as Valerie Plame, a covert CIA agent, deliberately and did so at the request of a high level government official or someone who was working for this or these official(s).

I've read here and on a few other blogs that it was possible that Cheney and his gang of thugs wanted to dismantle the covert operation that Valerie Wilson spent so many years building. We know she was connected with WMD and one source specifically stated Iraq WMD.

Robert Novak himself makes the case for this. Remember that in October 2003, Novak printed the name of the front company that Valerie Wilson built and developed. This further placed anyone who worked for or represented the company at risk of their lives. Was this to further inform our enemies of who to look for in the event that they didn't connect the name Plame with the company? There isn't anyone else reading his column that would care what company Valerie listed as her employer on a campaign contribution. Novak also stated that the company didn't exist. Obviously by October that was probably unfortunately true and due to Novak himself. Or was this to get the message out there that the company closed?

However, he may have destroyed himself in the process since those in power have to be already concerned that Fitzgerald or others will connect these dots. Notice how it was Novak who insisted with full confidence that Rhenquist would announce his retirement, giving the time and stating that it would happen soon after the President's plane landed. It didn't happen and in fact the opposite happened. His trusted source(s) deliberately misinformed him and left him with egg on his face. Is this the beginning of neutralizing Novak and casting doubt on his reports? Was this the same source that fed him the name Valerie Plame, covert CIA agent?

While it may never be proven, it must be recognized by all reasonable people that Rove would have access to both names used by Valerie. Rove gets what Rove wants. It's very revealing that he only identified her as Joe Wilson's wife. Taking Rove's modus operendi into consideration, we can theorize that the very name "Plame" was the important leak and one he had to be distanced from. It would be considered very "Rovian" to use Judith Miller for that purpose ... to give Novak the name Valerie Plame, CIA operative. I personally believe that he printed it exactly as it was given to him.

Novak should read the writing on the wall and come clean with the rest of the information that he hasn't yet revealed to Fitzgerald and the Grand Jury. Or maybe he has and that's what's in the redacted 8 pages that provide the gravity and details of the assault on our national security. Maybe that's why the career assasination of the "great" Robert Novak has begun.