Why doesn't Valerie Plame speak up?

[Goldmund]

Any thoughts on this?

[K-W]

1. Because she doesnt want the rest of her life ruined.

She doesnt want to be paraded around the tv talk shows being asked unfair questions and having her life dragged through the mud.

She probably also wants to keep her job.

[thinkingwoman]

2. She's patient

and she knows that Fitz has something. Why ruin it?

[H2O Man]

3. It's her job

not to.

[FreedomAngel82]

5. I probably wouldn't either

I'd leave it to the prosecutor. I think Fitzegerald has tons of stuff on them. Sweet sweet justice.

[Goldmund]

10. Hm -- but what IS her current job?

She's not a covert operative any longer.

[H2O Man]

12. She's not

the agencies' spokesperson though. It's just not a chatty agency. And they have a new director that may not be fond of those who question this administration.

[SteppingRazor]

4. Because her lawyer(s) have told her not to? n/t

[shraby]

6. She still works at the CIA

and anything she says has to be vetted first as well as permission to talk.

[peacetalksforall]

7. Ask your question again, if necessary, after the case has ended.

The answer is - she has been told to keep quiet - good advice from any good lawyer.

[krkaufman]

8. I would think because she wants to minimize the damage...

... from the leak. I'd think the CIA wouldn't want her face showing up too much, as broader exposure increases risk to intelligence assets with whom she may have interacted.

[Midnight Rambler]

11. That's true

On CNN, they were showing an old picture of Joe and Valerie and they had her face blurred out.

[seemslikeadream]

9. Saving it for the witness stand

against Cheney