Much has been made about the Valerie Plame case, but one point that I’m sure is high one the list of CIA undercover operatives that I haven’t seen made in the media is the impact of her outing on national security. I’ve seen it said that Plame’s life is in danger, but I think that’s hyperbole.
What bothers me is – if indeed the lady was an undercover agent charged with turning foreign nationals to our side – that all of the foreign nationals she recruited are in mortal danger, along with folks she didn’t recruit but with whom she might have become friendly with during her tours in other countries.
Clearly, those who dropped the dime on Plame, whether or not they broke the law have damaged the ability of our agents now operating in other lands to recruit people to our side.
It’s an old story. Someone identifies those who’ve been won over and they pay with their lives, and it endangers the lives of current CIA agents in the field doing recruiting. My guess is that this side of the story is being ignored by the administration as it serves its short term goals. Sadly, it also hurts the long term interests of the nation.
The right wing is jumping up and down in defense of those identified as the sources of leaks while ignoring the real damage to the nation. Shame on them!
Blog on!
Wild Bill
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