Fair Game

[Jeannieb43]

There's a new movie which just came out, called "Fair Game" and I saw it this week with some friends of mine. It is the story of the "outing" of CIA covert agent Valerie Plame, in order for the Bush Administration to punish her husband Joe Wilson. He had written a news column which reported that there were actually no WMDs in Iraq, and Pres. Bush didn't like that so decided to get to him. Karl Rove and Cheney talked about how to do it, and Cheney's words were: To "out" a CIA agent is "fair game" in a case like this.

The movie is true to life. It is riveting. It tells the story "like it was." It's out in limited release now, but if it comes to your town you won't want to miss it. It shows that Valerie's "contacts" in the undercover work in the Middle East risked their lives to cooperate with her, and when she was fired they lost the protection she had promised them. They could have been killed for they were out there in the middle of Al Qaeda territory.

There's an interview with the actual Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson on YouTube, where Maher is interviewing them live. Valerie herself talks about what happened, but she cannot say whether the actual scenes in the movie were from real life. Even after she was fired from the CIA she is still loyal to our country.

The same cannot be said about the treasonous actions of Rove, et al.

[Jeannieb43]

This movie is now in general release in the Los Angeles area (and also in other cities, I believe). It's an expose of how the CIA and FBI do their work in gathering classified data. Very timely, and definitely worth a look.

[Stan]

Check out http://www.JuliaDavisFilms.com/

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Julia Davis worked for the Department of Homeland Security, exposed a breach of national security, was falsely called a "Domestic Terrorist", had her home raided with a Blackhawk helicopter and a Special Response Team, was twice falsely imprisoned and maliciously prosecuted (with a subsequent finding of factual innocence and dismissal of all charges). Department of Homeland Security unsuccessfully attempted to denaturalize and deport Julia, who is an American citizen. Julia Davis and her family have been subjected to years of warrantless surveillance, sneak and peak intrusions, vehicle tracking, traffic stops without probable cause, warrantless searches and seizures and a multitude of other violations. The Department of Homeland Security secretly paid alleged witnesses for providing false testimony against Julia Davis and BJ Davis, while also admittedly encouraging third party civilians to file lawsuits against the couple in retaliation for Julia's protected disclosures.

Julia Davis and BJ Davis were instrumental in bringing down a mobster who is currently serving 10 years in federal prison for his multi-million dollar crimes that impacted over twenty-four thousand victims. Julia and her family have received death threats, had their vehicles blown up, shot at and tampered with.

Julia Davis prevailed in her lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. It was determined that the agency engaged in illegal conduct and subjected Davis to unnecessary harassment. The Judge also found that Julia Davis involuntarily resigned and that given the nature and depth of Agency’s betrayal of Davis, no reasonable person could have continued working in such an employment environment.

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

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had her home raided with a Blackhawk helicopter and a Special Response Team,..

Must've been crowded in there..

[Stan]

Her and her husband are close friends of a good friend of mine.

[Guest]

The movie is true to life. It is riveting. It tells the story "like it was."

It's fiction....Rather than go into all the details of how I know it's fiction, I'll just leave you with the short simple answer that doesn't require any thought whatsoever:

It came out of Hollywood, it's about Bush.....It's FICTION.

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

Her and her husband are close friends of a good friend of mine.

So how are Valerie Plume, Julia Davis, et al, related? I'm confused. I've never heard of any of these people.

[jasd]

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had her home raided with a Blackhawk helicopter and a Special Response Team,..

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Must've been crowded in there..

Too, too, irreverent?

[jasd]

>>It came out of Hollywood, it's about Bush.....It's FICTION.<<

"It came out of Hollywood"

Now, that's a working title!-with depth...

[Guest]

Outed Former CIA Operative to Valerie Plame: Get Over Yourself

By Ken Shepherd | November 13, 2010 | 23:33

Today's Washington Post "Free for All" section included a letter to the editor from one R.E. Pound, a CIA veteran who retired after 33 years of service in 2009, some 31 years after being outed in a book as an operative. Pound took to task former CIA operative Valerie Plame for her "ludicrous" claim "that the exposure [of her identity] forced an end to her career in intelligence."

After all, Pound conducted an investigation "charged with looking into possible damage in one location caused by Valerie Plame's outing."

"There was none," Pound noted, and complained that the claims of the new "Fair Game" film "devalue the resolve of the officers who have overcome truly dangerous exposure, and they cheapen the risk from laying bare their very real achievements."

Here's the letter in full as published in the November 12 paper:

In 1978, my CIA affiliation was exposed by Philip Agee in his book "Dirty Work II." I'm nothing special; more than a few colleagues have been exposed at one time or another. I went on to serve nearly 34 years.

As luck would have it, I was at one point charged with looking into possible damage in one location caused by Valerie Plame's outing. There was none.

So enough with the overwrought claims of injury that "Fair Game" suggests. Those claims devalue the resolve of the officers who have overcome truly dangerous exposure, and they cheapen the risk from laying bare their very real achievements.

It was wrong to expose Plame. It was ludicrous for her to claim that the exposure forced an end to her career in intelligence. In the words of my favorite poet, A.E. Housman: " 'Tis sure much finer fellows have fared much worse before."

R.E. Pound, Reston

The writer served in the CIA from 1976 to 2009.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepher...t-over-yourself