Reply #9: You'd be impressed with the segment on CNN right now.

[VolcanoJen]

The segment opened with the reporter saying, "What harm was done when Valerie Plame's identity was revealed? For one, the United States lost a veteran undercover agent, and asset."

The focus of the story was CIA officials who, off-record, have told reporters that the revelations "damaged" the CIA.

CNN seems to be operating on the "Valerie Plame was a covert CIA operative whose identity was revealed via Bob Novak's column" premise, overall.

Larry Johnson is on opposite Wolf now, and he concurs that Plame was a United States intelligence resource that was destroyed.

In terms of Novak's insistence that Plame's status was no secret, Johnson says that Novak is lying, or has demonstrated that he doesn't know what he's talking about. In terms of Cliff May's same insistence, Johnson says he has no respect for May, and that his information on this issue has been repeatedly inaccurate.

This seems like a blockbuster... Johnson says that Plame has received death threats originating with Al-Qaeda. Has he implied this before? Wolf seemed a bit taken aback by it.

Excellent segment.