BrownSuga's sweet spot: And on a tangent...

I know this week I’m supposed to tell you all about the things I love but as I was writing that blog, I realized that I have this question.

So what will Valerie Plame do now?

If you haven’t heard, Scooter Libby was found guilty of lying to a federal agent blah blah blah. The original story was to find out who outted CIA operative Valerie Plame. Her husband Joe Wilson is a critic of the Bush administration (who isn’t these days?) and when the administration was collecting information to [wrongly?] justify invading Iraq, he was calling their bluff. Allegedly, in order to discredit Mr. Wilson, the administration decided to ‘leak’ his wife’s name to the press, as a CIA operative. I suppose the idea was to start a fire on the other side of the yard so the small ant problem is ignored. Horrible analogy huh? Don’t ask me to explain anything this administration does. I’m at as much of a lost as the rest of you.

Anyway, the prosecutor, who everyone is praising for doing a great job, decides to go after Libby for lying to a federal grand jury and the FBI, instead of prosecuting the person or persons he thought leaked Ms. Plame’s name. I guess because he got a guilty verdict you could say he did a great job but if you watched the trial my 15 year old cousin could have gotten a guilty verdict with that case. The defense was so weak; it seemed as if they were paid not to defend him.

This whole sordid mess has left two people screwed, Valerie Plame and Scooter Libby. Valerie has no job. My mother argued that she could still work for the CIA but my argument is, what if being an undercover agent was her passion? Why should she be punished for someone else being a whiny tattle telling child? And Scooter Libby might have been Cheney’s chief of staff but like most people in this world he has a boss and decisions like choosing to out a CIA operative probably wasn’t his idea. Many people think he was the fall guy for Cheney, Rove and Bush. Regardless of if he was or not, he’s also out of a job AND he’s a convicted felon. Sucks to be him right now. Everyone, including the jurors from his trial, believes he will and should be pardoned by Bush, but really will that matter? What’s he going to do now?

I just read that Ms. Plame or Mrs. Wilson now that her career as an operative is over will be moving to New Mexico with her husband and 7 year-old twins, but after 20 years with the CIA she’s sad to be leaving her profession. What will she do? Maybe drive the soccer carpool?

Ok so next week I'll be back with the things I love. Sorry for the tangent.