Valerie Plame

Greater Lawlessness Causes Great Recessions

Harlan Green | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Valerie Plame, Paul Krugman, President GW Bush, President Reagan, Great Recession, Geat Depression, Business News

Greg Smith's unveiling of Goldman Sachs' "culture" of profits ahead of clients' interests was nothing new. But there is little mention of the behavior that caused our economic decline into the Great Recession.

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Words Of Resilience: Quotes From Women Touched By 9/11

Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: September 11, Women at 9/11, Cindy Sheehan, Valerie Plame Wilson, Women September 11th, 9/11, Daisy-Kahn, Valerie Plame, Lyzbeth Glick Best, Daisy Khan, Tammy Duckworth, September 11 Anniversary, Touched by Terror, September 11th, Cristina Jones, Women News

We’ve been so impressed and inspired by the number of stories about women coming out this week in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11: S...

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Dick Cheney Book Tour: 11 Questions Reporters Should Be Asking

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Warrantless Surveillance, Questions for Cheney, Valerie Plame, In My Time, Truthsquadding Cheney, Dick Cheney, Iraq War, Dick-Cheney, Cheney Memoir, Slidepollajax, Scooter Libby, Torture, Video, Politics News

Dick Cheney has spent his career not revealing himself, and in his new memoir and the ensuing PR blitz, he appears to be staying largely in character....

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What's In Her Desk?

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: #5things, Lisa Jackson, Jen Fitzpatrick, Robbie Myers, Successful Women Desks, Curtis Sittenfeld, Valerie Plame Wilson, Kathleen Sebelius, Elizabeth Connelly, Influential Women, Successful Women, Norah O'Donnell, Valerie Plame, Cherry Murray, Jill Abramson, Tamron Hall, Helen Fisher, Women News

To quote Christina Norman, put simply, "Work's hard." And if you're anything like us, you have a few can't-work-without-them items that help you get t...

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Reaching Global Zero

Valerie Plame Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Valerie Plame, Nuclear Weapons, Highly Enriched Uranium, Global Zero Commission, International Women's Day 2011, International Women's Day Centennial, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Terrorism, International Women's Day, Global Zero, World News

As a former CIA covert operations officer, I believe nuclear proliferation is the most urgent threat we face, regardless of gender. The only solution is to lock down all materials and eliminate all weapons in all countries: Global Zero.

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How Bush Photoshopped Karl Rove Out Of Valerie Plame Scandal

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Valerie Plame, Karl Rove, Valerie Plame Scandal, George W. Bush, Politics News

In his new book, George W. Bush repeatedly challenges the charge that he misled the country into the Iraq war. He writes, "I didn't like hearing peopl...

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"Fair Game": Seeking Clear Memory and Truth

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Letterman Show, John McCain, Fair Game Movie, Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, Pakistan, What-I-Didn't-Find-in-Africa, John F. Kennedy Anthrax, Valerie Plame, Sean Penn, Ambassador Joe Wilson, Dick Cheney, The Shadow, Vietnam War, Iraq War, New York Times, Carl Jung, C.I.A., Politics News

We can no longer afford traditions that tell us to if we dare to question the rule of our nation then we do not love our country, that to honor our parents or children or planet is not to question the accepted procedures.

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Judith Miller Got it Wrong... Again

Doug Liman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Valerie Plame, Fair Game, Judith Miller, Doug Liman, Joe Wilson, Media News

Judith Miller demonstrated in her recent Wall Street Journal story about my film, Fair Game, the same cavalier attitude towards the facts that led to her departure from the New York Times in disgrace.

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The F Word: Shifting Goalposts on Terrorism

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Rove, Extradition, Julian Assange, Valerie Plame, Northern Ireland, Grit Tv, Peter King, Wikileaks, Joe Doherty, Scooter Libby, War on Terror, Ira, Laura Flanders, Espionage Act, Grittv, Ireland, Terrorism, Politics News

We've seen so many definitions of terrorist in the last few years, it can be hard to keep them straight. So I suppose it's understandable when someone like Rep. Peter King from New York can't remember what the word means anymore.

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Washington Post Editors Continue Smearing the Wilsons

Larry C. Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq, Valerie Plame, Ambassador Joe Wilson, Cia, Valerie Plame Wilson, Niger, Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney, Media News

Today's editorial in the Washington Post is a sad reminder that some of the journalists who enabled the ill-conceived war in Iraq and facilitated the smear of two American citizens are still alive and well in Washington, D.C.

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High Crimes And Misdemeanors

Esther Iverem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Maurice Greenberg, Karl Rove, Fair Game Movie, Condoleezza Rice, Client 9, Emperor's Club VIP Escort Service, George W. Bush, Valerie Plame, Frank Bruno, Eliot Spitzer, Scooter Libby, Entertainment News

Two trips to the theater this week reinforced to me why movies are important. Just as they have the power to delude us or lull us into fantasy, they ...

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Patriot Games: Why the New Valerie Plame Film Matters

Stuart Connelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Valerie Plame, Fair Game, Film, Covert Operations, Stuart Connelly, Clarence B. Jones, Politics News

Seeing the new Doug Liman film Fair Game last night was a chilling reminder of the power of the presidential agenda, and the cruelty with which those in the ruling class can crush the truth in the name of whatever they've got cooking.

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ReThink Interview: Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fair Game, Valerie Plame Wilson, Valerie Plame, Valerie Plame Scandal, Fair Game Review, Fair Game Movie, Valerie Plame Movie, Entertainment News

Plame discusses when she first told Wilson that she was worked for the CIA, the unglamourousness of actual spy work and Wilson's advice for people who want to hold their government officials accountable.

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George Bush's Deception Points

Joseph C. Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Saddam Hussein, Decision Points, George W. Bush, Joe Wilson, Valerie Plame, Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney, Books News

George Bush calls the controversy that followed the publication of my op-ed "What I Didn't Find in Africa" a "massive distraction." But nowhere does he acknowledge that the "distraction" was self-invented.

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Secrets

Jameel Jaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whistleblowers, Fair Game, Secrecy, Wiretapping, Joe Wilson, Valerie Plame, Aclu, Scooter Libby, Abu Ghraib, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Government secrecy is increasingly the norm. At the same time, government surveillance is pervasive, reversing the proper relationship between a democratic government and its citizens.

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Fair Game Might Never Have Happened If Joe Wilson Had Not Answered Sean Penn's Question Correctly

Doug Liman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ambassador Joe Wilson, Sean Penn, Fair Game, Fair Game Film, Valerie Plame, Fair Game Movie, Joe Wilson Valerie Plame, Entertainment News

Sean Penn knocked on Joe and Val's door and, before stepping into the house, Sean immediately asked: "What do you think of the script?"

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WATCH: Naomi Watts As Valerie Plame In 'Fair Game'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Fair Game Film, Fair Game Movie, Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Poll, Fair Game, Valerie Plame, Film, Movies, Entertainment News

'Fair Game,' the Doug Liman-directed thriller based on Valerie Plame's memoir, is out Friday and The Huffington Post has an exclusive clip. Naomi Wa...

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Movie Review: Fair Game

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sam Shepard, Karl Rove, Polly Holliday, George W. Bush, Valerie Plame, Sean Penn, Joseph Wilson, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Doug Liman, Robert Novak, Dick Cheney, Niger, New York Times, Yellowcake, Naomi Watts, Judith Miller, Fair Game Movie Review, Scooter Libby, Entertainment News

Doug Liman's Fair Game is both a compelling and an infuriating film, for a couple of reasons. For starters, it's true - and yet the victims of this s...

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The Making of Fair Game

Doug Liman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Fair Game, George W. Bush, Joe Wilson, Valerie Plame, Dick Cheney, Entertainment News

Fair Game has taken me on a wild journey around the globe, including a treacherous shoot in Baghdad. And now I'm happy to share with you the final steps of this amazing journey.

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Valerie Plame's Story 'Fair Game' Film Screening With Producer Q&A

Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Valerie Plame, Janet Zucker, Joe Wilson, Jerry Zucker, Valerie Plame Wilson, Scooter Libby Valerie Plame, Fair Game, LA Events, Los Angeles News

What: Fair Game screening and a panel discussion with film critic Stephen Farber and producers Jerry and Janet Zucker. This event is part of Farber's ...

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Valerie Plame And Joe Wilson: Dick Cheney Never Apologized

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dick Cheney, Iraq War, CIA Leak, Valerie Plame Wilson Book, Joe Wilson Valerie Palm, Valerie Plame Wilson, Plamegate, Fair Game, Joe Wilson, Valerie Plame, Cir Leak Scandal, Iraq, Wikileaks, Valerie Palm Movie, Politics News

Seven years after top officials in the Bush administration turned their world upside down in an attempt to convince the public to support the war in I...

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Valerie Plame's Husband: Dick Cheney Is A Traitor

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wilson, Valerie Plame, Dick Cheney Traitor, Cheney, Dick Cheney, Plame, Joe Wilson, Cheney Traitor, Joe Wilson Cheney, Joe Wilson Dick Cheney, Video, Politics News

Joe Wilson, husband of outed CIA agent Valerie Plame, kept his criticism of ex-Vice President Dick Cheney and Cheney's former chief of staff Scooter L...

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'Fair Game' Premiere: Naomi, Liev, Valerie, Katie, Christie & More

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Keri Hilson, Film, Fair Game Premiere, Fair Game, Liev Schreiber, Katie Couric, Michelle Monaghan, Valerie Plame, Christie Brinkley, Naomi Watts, Joseph Wilson, Slidefullscreen, Doug Liman, Anthony Mackie, Entertainment News

Naomi Watts, Valerie Plame and their partners attended the Wednesday night premiere of 'Fair Game' in New York. Watts plays the former CIA agent oppos...

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Breaking the Eleventh Commandment

Tina Dupuy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisa Murkowski, Valerie Plame, Robin Smith, Karl Rove, George W Bush, Sarah Palin, Christine O'donnell, Alaska, Rino, Chuck Fleischmann, Politics News

The Tea Party's premise is like phoning someone you're mad at because they won't call you back and telling them never to call you again. That'll show 'em you aren't crazy!

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WikiLeaks Is OUR Valerie Plame

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Valerie Plame, Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsburg, Politics News

It is outrageous that this organization has put us at such significant risk. We liberals must stop celebrating these leaks as revelations. The actions of WikiLeaks are audacious.

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