Central Intelligence Agency agent Plame had been undercover when she was outed by a journalist in 2003. The White House leaked data that blew Plame’s cover in anger over public statements by her husband Joe Wilson saying Vice President Cheney lied about reasons for attacking Iraq. The motion picture "Fair Game," hitting U.S. theaters Friday, tells the story now known as "Plamegate".
Plame’s life as part of 'Fair Game'
The movie “Fair Game” tells the story behind how Valerie Plame’s Central Intelligence Agency career had been destroyed when journalist Robert Novak revealed her identity. Plame's husband who was a U.S. ambassador, Joe Wilson, went on a mission to Iraq to see if nuclear material was coming from Niger as the White house claimed beginning Plamegate. Wilson came up empty and went against White House wishes to suppress his story by writing a column within the NY Times titled “What I did not find in Africa.”. Wilson’s column exposed the Bush administration’s rationale for the Iraq War that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction had been a fraud.
Agent in CIA tricked by Bush administration
The Bush administration, in an attempt to destroy Joe Wilson's credibility, ruined Plame’s CIA career. The whole thing had been meant to make it look like Joe Wilson's wife, as a Central Intelligence Agency agent, got him the assignment although he didn't know what was going on. Someone on the White House staff, planting the seeds for that lie, revealed Plame’s identity to Novak, who published it immediately. That happened at a bad time for Plame. She was working to get rid of nuclear proliferation undercover then. She and those in the business undercover were all exposed. This led the company being exposed as well.
Fault for Plamegate goes to Scooter Libby
Giving the identity of an undercover CIA agent is something illegal to do. Plame’s identity being leaked was denied by Cheney, Karl Rove, Richard Armitage and Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Libby ended up taking the fall. This had been so Cheney would be protected. He had been fined $250,000 and sentenced to 30 months in prison on March 6, 2007. On July 2, 2007, Bush pardoned Scooter Libby. Some believe he had been pardoned so that he would keep his mouth shut. Nobody really knows what happened with Plame nevertheless though.
Articles cited
Washington Post
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/28/AR2005102801172.html
Hit Fix
hitfix.com/blogs/awards-campaign-2009/posts/watch-valerie-palme-and-joe-wilson-know-their-life-is-fair-game
Kansascity.com
kansascity.com/2010/11/04/2393249/qa-with-fair-game-subjects-joe.html
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Plame
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