Valerie Plame And Iran
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in The Plame Game, The War On Terrorism
This is Valerie Plame. Her identity is well known now, so just in case you haven’t seen her picture….well, there it is.
Now it appears as if she was working on the Iran problem back in the day during her outing, and that’s what Raw Story talks about today:
The unmasking of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson by White House officials in 2003 caused significant damage to U.S. national security and its ability to counter nuclear proliferation abroad, RAW STORY has learned.According to current and former intelligence officials, Plame Wilson, who worked on the clandestine side of the CIA in the Directorate of Operations as a non-official cover (NOC) officer, was part of an operation tracking distribution and acquisition of weapons of mass destruction technology to and from Iran.
Speaking under strict confidentiality, intelligence officials revealed heretofore unreported elements of Plame’s work. Their accounts suggest that Plame’s outing was more serious than has previously been reported and carries grave implications for U.S. national security and its ability to monitor Iran’s burgeoning nuclear program.
While many have speculated that Plame was involved in monitoring the nuclear proliferation black market, specifically the proliferation activities of Pakistan’s nuclear “father,” A.Q. Khan, intelligence sources say that her team provided only minimal support in that area, focusing almost entirely on Iran.
Listen, we’re facing a serious threat in Iran. If this story proves to be true, it’s certainly disheartening.
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