The Washington Post first reported the misstep, saying the intelligence agent's name was included on a list given to news organizations of senior U. The White House realized what had happened and quickly issued a revised list without the person's name on it.
The official "had been identified on the initial release as the 'Chief of Station' in Kabul, a designation used by the CIA for its highest-ranking spy in a country," according to the Post. The newspaper compared the mistake to the only other recent instance of U. By the time her name was leaked in , she was chief of operations for the CIA's joint task force Iraq, in charge of dozens of officers and analysts.
It was before the Iraq war, and she was trying to find evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. At the time, Plame Wilson says this didn't sound so far-fetched. What kind of intelligence were you getting from those people?
That was the horror. You didn't know if maybe if you just found the right scientist. If you just got to the right person, he would be able to give you the plans or give you, you know, really critical stuff that would help put all these pieces together," Plame Wilson says.
One of those pieces was of particular interest to the vice president's office: an intelligence report saying Iraq was buying tons of uranium ore - which can be used to build nuclear weapons - from the African nation of Niger. It was a report that later turned out to be based on forged documents. I'm already subscribed. Do you have two minutes? Please take our anonymous survey to help us learn why you're visiting our website and what you're hoping to find here.
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Wilson, after writing his op-ed, was blasted by the far right and war hawks. He had been called everything from anti-American to a traitor. But for the former ambassador, the revelation was all about serving his country.
He added that the net result of the "assault on us in the character assassination campaign was of course that we were able to publish our story in two books which was well received by the American public and resulted in this movie. Wilson, before a packed screening, thanked one man in particular -- a man that he has accused of being a part of the leak. I would not be sitting before you. I am a creation of Karl Rove. Share this on:. Most Popular.
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