AP: Plame - "My Cover Was 'Recklessly' Abused"

[Hissyspit]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070316/ap_on_go_co/cia_leak_congress

Plame: My cover was 'recklessly' abused
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer
8 minutes ago



AP Photo: Former CIA operative Valerie Plame testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 16, 2007,...

WASHINGTON - Valerie Plame, the CIA operative at the heart of a political scandal, told Congress Friday that senior officials at the White House and State Department "carelessly and recklessly" blew her cover to discredit her diplomat-husband.

Plame, whose 2003 outing triggered a federal investigation, said she always knew her identity could be discovered by foreign governments.

"It was a terrible irony that administration officials were the ones who destroyed my cover," she told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

"If our government cannot even protect my identity, future foreign agents who might consider working with the Central Intelligence Agency and providing needed intelligence would think twice," Plame said in response to a question.

MORE