CIA mum on damage done by outing of covert agent

[cynatnite]

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A small Boston company listed as her employer suddenly was shown to be a bogus CIA front, and her alma mater in Belgium discovered it was a favored haunt of an American spy. At Langley, officials in the clandestine service quickly began drawing up a list of contacts and friends, cultivated over more than a decade, to triage any immediate damage.

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"Blowing the cover of a CIA officer is the cardinal sin in the intelligence business: It could wipe out information networks and put lives at risk," Rep. Jane Harman (Calif.), ranking Democrat on the House intelligence panel, said in a statement.

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"You can only speculate that if she had foreign contacts, those contacts might be nervous or and their relationships with her put them at risks. It also makes it harder for other CIA officers to recruit sources," Lowenthal said.

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Intelligence officials said they would never reveal the true extent of her contacts to protect the agency and its work.

"You'll never get a straight answer about how valuable she was or how valuable her sources were," said one intelligence official who would speak only anonymously.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9856806/

[Historic NY]

1. Then again that idiot Tucker on MSNBC said.......

that there was no loss or damage done. I really don't think "the company" would even admit it.

[justiceischeap]

2. Logic comes into play here

Cause and effect. There is never an instant where one person alone is affected by circumstance. There is always fallout in other areas and individuals. If anyone thinks that Plame/Wilson are the only one's affected by this outing there are just plain stupid and naive.

We, as a nation, have all been affected and effected. Unfortunately, as is the case most times, the pundits are not looking at the bigger picture.

[thebigidea]

3. speaking of, I always kinda suspected Harman of being a spook

either that or a bit TOO enthralled with being a rather useless appendage of the "intelligence community."