CIA couple outed by son- "My daddy's famous, my mommy's a secret spy"

[kpete]

CIA couple outed by 5-year-old son
Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:49 PM ET


By Tabassum Zakaria

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Washington couple at the heart of the CIA leak investigation had their cover blown by their small son as they tried to sneak away on vacation on Thursday.

"My daddy's famous, my mommy's a secret spy," declared the 5-year-old of his parents, former diplomat Joe Wilson and retired CIA operative Valerie Plame.

The former spy, who just retired from the agency, and the diplomat have been at the center of a CIA leak scandal that has reached into the White House.

They said they were headed to an undisclosed vacation location with their twins but stopped for a brief interview inside the airport terminal.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-12-29T204906Z_01_SIB972551_RTRUKOC_0_US-LEAK-CIA.xml

[A-Schwarzenegger]

1. What a weirdly dumbass article.

Thanks.

[WI_DEM]

2. this articles only purpose is to try and minimize what Scooter, Rove, ect

did.

[benburch]

4. The author of this article...

...is a motherfucking Quisling rat-bastard.

[rman]

13. Tabassum Zakaria -

Bush likes to take questions from "Reuters man, Toby".
Smells like Gannon, smells like fake news - coming from the renowned Reuters press agency.
This is not good.


TOBY THE REUTERS MAN
(As reported by Tim Grieve in the Salon.com War Room)
http://www.dubyaspeak.com/incidents.shtml

"After George W. Bush's most recent press conference, some reporters complained that the president hadn't taken questions from very many female reporters -- "very many," in this case, meaning more than one. The day after the press conference, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan was asked, "At the press conference yesterday, approximately 25 percent of the journalists were women, and the president took only one question from a woman reporter. Can you explain this pattern?" McClellan said it was the media's fault; if editors would assign more female reporters to the White House, the president would have the ability to call on more female reporters.

If that answer wasn't exactly a satisfying one, the president didn't help himself much during a stop in Denmark on the way to Scotland Tuesday. Bush apparently wanted to take a question from Reuters, so he shouted out, "Reuters man, Toby." Only it turns out that "Reuters man, Toby" is Tabassum Zakaria, who happens to be a woman. Bush immediately corrected himself, then made matters worse. "Woman -- excuse me, I can see that," he said. "So how long have you been on the presidential beat?" When Zakaria said that she'd been covering the White House since February, Bush told her, "Yes, well, make yourself less scarce."

[FSogol]

3. I guess that clears everything up.

NOT.

Did Rush or O'Liely make this up? It can't be Karl's fault, Its a 5-year old's fault.

[Dr.Phool]

5. Yeah, that's the ticket. The kid called Novak.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

12. bwah-ha-ha! Good one...

:rofl:

[troubleinwinter]

6. What a pile of journoshitcrapgarbagehype.

"cover blown"

They stopped for a brief interview on their way to a holiday vacation.

[Stephanie]

9. it sounds like the reporter spotted them at the airport

but I highly doubt the kid said that

[gatorboy]

7. Looks more like Reuters helped blow her cover.

I also noticed that they decided to publish a photo of Plame next to the article. Even retired, is it smart to plaster the photo of a former spy like that? Seems to be in terribly bad form.

[Mutley]

8. Who would even take that kid seriously?

If I heard some kid saying that I'd assume his parents were letting him watch too many James Bond movies.

[EFerrari]

10. Link to Reuter's Contact page.

http://today.reuters.com/ContactUs.aspx


:nuke:

[rman]

11. 2nd suspicious Reuters article in a day -

looks like someone's pulling strings.

12/29/2005 Iraq al Qaeda claims missile attack on Israel: Web - Reuters - news.yahoo
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051229/ts_nm/israel_qaeda_dc;_ylt=AosL4_7vwIzrYFIIVyliaRWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in Iraq said it had launched missiles at Israel from Lebanon as part of a "new attack" on the Jewish state, a statement posted on the Web said on Thursday.

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29168347.htm
<snip>
The Israeli security source said: "For this to be true, it would mean that al Qaeda, a virulently anti-Shi'ite group, has penetrated the heartland of Hizbollah, a virulent Shi'ite group, on such a scale that it can mount a rocket salvo independently.
"This claim should be regarded with extreme scepticism."