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By: BitsBlog » Democrats claim again Plame was covert. In other news, large light scheduled to appear in east.

Wed, 30 May 2007 15:19:43 +0000

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By: Pajamas Media

Pajamas Media — Wed, 30 May 2007 14:30:21 +0000

She Was Covert All Along:…

An unclassified summary of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame’s employment history at the spy agency, disclosed for the first time today in a court filing by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, indicates that Plame was “covert” when her name became pub…

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Wed, 30 May 2007 11:33:31 +0000

Wow, that's stretching it, jpe. If the CIA wasn't taking measures to make sure that Plame wasn't blowing her own cover (which she certainly was on a regular basis) it's silly to assume that they were protecting it from other people doing so.

By: jpe

jpe — Wed, 30 May 2007 10:48:15 +0000

Folks, that’s not “taking affirmative measures” anything.

It's also not failing to take affirmative measures. All the cited stuff tells us is that a smart detective may have been able to piece together Plame's identities.

From a legal perspective, that has nothing to do with whether the CIA was taking other affirmative steps to conceal her identity. And that's exactly what the declassified memo tells us: the CIA was, in fact, taking those steps.