CIA Agent Valerie Plame Goes Undercover In Vanity Fair

Washington Post ^ | December 3, 2003 | Howard Kurtz

[Ben Hecks]

"Plame also mingled unobtrusively last month at a party at the home of The Washington Post's Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn."

I'm betting that Walter and Ann Pincus were also at this affair.

[Quilla]

Hilarious!

[mewzilla]

Bet they didn't ask Plame if she was the Beeb's CIA source...

[finnman69]

anyone got a copy to scan and post?

[Peach]

Exposed - the Wilson's are opportunistic fame seekers.

[petitfour]

Exposed - the Wilson's are opportunistic fame seekers.

It certainly looks that way. Funny thing is that no one is putting out real shots of her. She's all over the place, inviting publicity, and yet the press is not going after the story. Thus, there must not be any there there. And how appropriate that the nonphoto photos of Ms. Plame are in Vanity Fair. These people are weird!

[albee]

"Paging Ms. Valerie Plame Wilson"

"Paging Ms. Valerie Plame Wilson"

"White Courtesy Telephone please. Your fifteen minutes of fame is up!"

[cyncooper]

I missed this thread this morning. Thankfully Brit Hume just covered this story, complete with a picture of Wilson and Plame in a convertible, she wearing big black sunglasses.

Oh, brother!

[cyncooper]

anyone got a copy to scan and post?

Brit Hume showed one of the pictures on his show. If someone can do a screen-cap when it reruns...

[GulliverSwift]

I am so glad to hear that the all knowing Glenn Reynolds has declared the scandal over.

What would we do without him?

[anglian]

—Vanity Fair, January 2004 (on newsstands today). The photograph, by Jonas Karlsson, was taken Nov. 8 and "styled by" Ann Caruso. Hair, makeup, and grooming by Terri Grauel for T.H.E. Artist Agency.

'The pictures should not be able to identify her, or are not supposed to,' Wilson said yesterday. 'She's still not going to answer any questions [italics Chatterbox's] and there will not be any pictures that compromise her.' The reason, said Wilson, is that 'she's still employed' by the CIA 'and has obligations to her employer.'

PHOTO http://slate.msn.com/id/2091907/

[JustPiper]

This looks interesting, going to read

[cyncooper]

Thank you for that link. I had not heard about the Campbell Brown party. What a surprise (not!) that she would have a party and invite the Wilsons.

[EllaMinnow]

Tacky. Very tacky.

[Quilla]

Yes, thank you for the link. I saw the photo on Brit Hume's Political Grapevine segment last night. Talk about folks who want to draw attention to themselves - they take the cake.

[Just mythoughts]

They could really get my attention if they could tell WHO sent "Joe Wilson" to gather intel on "yellowcake" way over in Africa.

[cyncooper]

I love being proven right AGAIN. We perceived the Wilsons for what they are right off the bat. I almost missed this thread, but Brit Hume was kind enough to show this picture on his show last night.
If you read the link to Slate, they declare this "scandal" over. I still say Wilson had a hand in "outing" his own wife and their behavior as itemized in the Slate column illustrates this scenario is the most likely. Oh, when Novak asked someone "WHY Joseph Wilson, since he's so anti-Bush?" the response probably was "his wife recommended him". But Wilson, with his own column about how he went off to Niger on an undercover mission displayed right there his disregard for discretion and he's been milking his status for all its worth ever since.

Yes, while the Keith Olbermans and Chris Matthews of this world were sputtering in indignation, we FReepers had the Wilson's number.

[petitfour]

Is she a Muslim? What's with the burka? Does she not want any Muslims to recognize her? Or is it the Russians? Maybe some Americans? The FBI? The British?

[1Old Pro]

How does she look with just a Left arm anyway?

With the tens of thousands of government employess, there are many rotten apples like these two.

[finnman69]

OMG, now they have gone to having no credibility to being publicity hounds looking to make money.