Vallerie Plame and "Non-Official Cover" (NOC)

[Ian David]

Remember the movie "Mission: Impossible"?

Remember the little room with the computer surrounded by all the elaborate security measures?

Do you remember what was in that computer that Tom Cruise wanted to steal?

That computer contained "The NOC List." The list of agents under Non-Official Cover.

Dick Cheney handed over information to the press that Tom Cruise would have had to crawl through the ventilation shaft and hang from the ceiling to get out of the super-secret computer room.

Yes, I know such a room probably doesn't exist.

But using the fictional movie as a metaphor conveys the proper picture of just how serious a security breach Cheney's real-life actions were.


Okay, Mister Cheney, I'm in. I've got the NOC List. Let's see... here it is... Brewster-Jennings, Valerie Plame... Pay scale GS 14, level 6... Oh, Robert Novak is gonna LOVE this!

[NightWatcher]

1. GS 14 level 6 was her payscale

that's more than what a secretary makes.

She was such a NOC operator...and a hot one at that

[AllegroRondo]

5. GS 14 is equivalent to a high ranking officer in the military.

[NightWatcher]

6. yes, that's a highranking payscale

Plus she worked under the Directorate of Operations. 99.999% of DoO ops are classified.

[Elwood P Dowd]

10. It pays over $100,000 a year for someone working in Washington

but she was only a secretary. :sarcasm:

[whistle]

2. I'm watching the Waxman House Hearing on Cspan streaming video

....as I am working today, but there are a lot of interruptions in the audio stream. Is Cspan censoring audio?

[karlrschneider]

4. I don't think so, audio is clean on Cspan TV, CNN and M$NBC

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[robinlynne]

12. I saw the whole thing without a problem this morning.

[Venus Dog]

3. Another analogy to Plame's NOC status

Billy Costigan from "The Departed". The character that Leonardo played was so deep undercover that only 2 people knew what he was doing. I do believe that Valerie was in the same role.

[Uncle Joe]

7. Nice visual analogy Ian

Kicked and recommended

[Ian David]

8. Thank you. I think Cheney was being a little to glib. n/t

[unblock]

9. just shows what an idiot tom cruise was.

he could have just donated $100,000 to the gop.

:sarcasm:

[Ian David]

11. Scooter Libby jumped the couch for Cheney. n/t