MSNBC confirms: Outed CIA agent ( PLAME) was working on Iran

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://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/MSNBC_confirms_Raw_Story_report_Outed_0501.html
MSNBC confirms: Outed CIA agent was working on Iran

RAW STORY
Published: Monday May 1, 2006


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On Chris Matthews' Hardball Monday evening, just moments ago, MSNBC correspondent David Shuster confirmed what RAW STORY first reported in February: that outed CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson was working on Iran at the time she was outed.

RAW STORY's Larisa Alexandrovna broke the story earlier this year, which went unnoticed by the mainstream media (Read our full story).

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.

Reports Shuster in this rush transcript: "INTELLIGENCE SOURCES SAY VALERIE WILSON WAS PART OF AN OPERATION THREE YEARS AGO TRACKING THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS MATERIAL INTO IRAN. AND THE SOURCES ALLEGE THAT WHEN MRS. WILSON'S COVER WAS BLOWN, THE ADMINISTRATION'S ABILITY TO TRACK IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS WAS DAMAGED AS WELL."

[ThoughtCriminal]

1. Somehow, this escaped the "Everybody knew" gang - nt

[Flabbergasted]

2. Damage Control.....

[WiseButAngrySara]

3. I viewed it! First time I've watched Hardball in a while, and I'm glad I

had it on in background! Thanks for posting.

:kick: and R!

[BrklynLiberal]

4. It makes one think that the entire point of sending Joe Wilson to

Niger was to be able to come up with a justification to out his wife, and undermine her entire clandestine operation. :eyes:

[dragonlady]

6. They love these convoluted plots

It's all a gigantic game, but unfortunately real people get hurt and killed in the process.

[madrchsod]

7. i don`t think that was the reason but

now it would be. niger is the source for most of the yellow cake(?) in that part of the world and it was in relation to saddam..what the outing did was to destroy the entire operation- brewster-jennings, who`s agents were working across the world on this.. if fitzgerald can find linkage to the outing of plame to the entire operation of brewster-jennings, then the speaker of the house is the new president.

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13. agreement happens in d.c. when multiple motives coalesce.

i think shrub liked the "revenge against mr. wilson" angle.
the neocons liked the "undermining wmd intel" angle.
rove probably liked the "keep everyone in line" angle.

they didn't do it for just one reason. it became a compelling idea when there was more than one reason to do it.

[BeyondThePale]

5. Dare call it treason!

A crime like this during wartime would seem to demand a serious penalty!

[eleny]

8. K&R

With thanks to Sara for pointing me to your thread!

[mirandapriestly]

9. I remember when Raw Story came out with this, I've always assumed

it was true. Ignored by the main stream press? I'm shocked. This is when the story starts to get really interesting, IMO.

[Beetwasher]

10. How Clear Does It Need To Be That These Fuckwads Are TREASONOUS??!!?!

I mean, holy fuck, what's it gonna take before it starts getting called what it actually is by the Traditional Media???? TREASON! I mean, fuck!

[SpiralHawk]

11. High treason by the republicon culture of corruption to out America's

secret agents....What a disgrace the Bush cabal is.

[Harper_is_Bush]

12. Now THIS is news.

I'll gladly let the Colbert performance slide by unmentioned if this gets trumpeted.

[bagimin]

14. Why isn't this on Huffpo?? n/t

[demdiva]

15. Daaaaannnnngggg...that's scary

[demdiva]

16. K&R

:kick:

[renate]

17. I still don't see it on MSNBC's home page

Shouldn't this be big news?