When Plame Decides to Talk

[Beetwasher]

Intimigate is going to blow wide open once again. She's a hot babe from what I hear. It will be hard to keep that from being a sensational event.

Agent No Longer Out of Sight
CIA officer in leak case attends event

Washington - CIA officer Valerie Plame stepped out of the shadows yesterday for the first time since two senior Bush administration officials allegedly blew her cover.

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http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-usleak163496782oct16,0,1792381.story?coll=ny-health-headlines

[pruner]

1. Intimigate is a little hard to pronounce

I think we oughta stick with Traitorgate.

I too have heard she's a hottie.

[proud patriot]

2. Good to see this

:-)

[PurityOfEssence]

3. If it's true that people have died because of this, I hope she says so

I've read numerous suggestions that people in her network have actually been killed. If so, I hope those are the first words out of her mouth, with specific numbers and descriptions.

Modern politics demands the personalizing of issues, and although the awkward nobody who's trotted out at speeches to have a few seconds to stand up and bow as a common hero or personification of something is often a clunker of a moment, this could be chilling.

What needs to be driven home about this stunt is that it was a vicious bit of revenge mixed with what's really a warning to the whole bureaucracy. To show that these people will do things that cause death will show the world that they are reckless. The reality, of course, is that they're ruthless and incompetent, but that's too much of a bombshell to set off.

The stakes are entirely too high; they must be stopped.

[Beetwasher]

4. Yup. I could see some real bombshells coming directly from Plame

A smart player however would hold that card close to her chest...

[Resistance Is Futile]

11. Very unlikely

CIA people aren't allowed to talk about their activities without permission from the agency--permission that usually isn't granted for events that are less than decades old.

[Skittles]

5. will you stop with the hot babe crap

how is that f***ing relevant to this story?

[NicoleM]

6. We live in a sexist society.

A hot babe will likely find herself invited to be on more TV shows than a not-hot non-babe. Television is a visual medium. It shouldn't matter, but it probably will.

[Beetwasher]

8. Exactly

I'm not being sexist here (I don't think so anyway, sorry if I insulted anyone w/ this observation).

[Beetwasher]

7. It's relevant because the press will eat it up

Just posting as I see it.

[blm]

12. I hate to agree, but, we're stuck with that reality.

The American people and the media itself will STILL be lookists long after our ashes are scattered.

[blondeatlast]

9. As sad as it is, Skittles, it will draw more attention and sympathy toward

I'm on your side, but the fact that she's attractive can only help in the inevitable battle.

Please don't kick my ass, okay? I'm on your side, just stating an unfortunate fact . . .

[Postman]

10. I hope she drops a bomb right around late October 2004

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