"Who's Who" Am I Missing Something?

[FlashHarry]

Valerie Plame is listed in "Who's Who in America" as Joseph Wilson's wife. Great. Does it mention that she worked for the CIA? No.

The whole point of covert operatives is that they circulate amongst the population in plain view yet undercover.

Heck, my grandpappy worked for military intelligence during the fifties and sixties, yet you could look him up in the book, which listed him as Assistant Military Attaché in Bangkok. Same name. Different job. One overt. One covert.

I don't get it!

[shoelace414]

1. her name wasn't a secret.

the fact that she worked for the CIA was.

[FlashHarry]

2. Precisely.

So who cares about the whole "Who's Who" thing anyway?

[melissinha]

3. In addition

In fact that makes it WORSE cause the statement "Ambassador Joe Wilson's wife who works for the CIA...", one could use the Who's Who and connect the dots... Valerie PLame .... CIA.... Brester Jennings.

Novak is pathetic.

We need to drive home that it wouldn't be unusual for an Ambassador's wife to work at Brewster Jennings, a legal services office. Not unusual, and doesn't imply CIA.

[BuyingThyme]

4. Stupid people will buy into this diversion.

From the beginning, Choppers has been trying to sell a confusion between revealing Plame's identity as Wilson's wife and her identity of a CIA operative.

It's time to lock Novak up in a tiny little rat cage.