The CIA has shot down Valerie Plame Wilson's book. The Agency won't let her publish the widely-known fact that she worked for the Agency. I would suggest a "President's Analyst" approach: Just before that late-'60s satire was released, the studio got cold feet regarding all the film's references to the FBI and the CIA. That's why fake acronyms were hastily dubbed in.
Can the ambassador's wife get in trouble if she says she worked for the CYA?
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unfortunately, the position the cia is taking may prohibit plame from saying much of anything at all about her life. because the world knows who she worked for and what her status was, none of the usual cute wink wink pseudonyms will work.
what i'm most curious about is how much this has to do with keeping quiet what she knows specifically about all that sexxed up intelligence, and cheney's many appearances at langley.
an educated guess is pretty easy.
but regardless of what happens with her book, there is always an appearance before a congressional committee. THAT is what i'm waiting for, plame answering questions. plame AND sibel edmonds!
She should write a "novel" like many other CIA agents (Baer, for instance, whose novel was the basis of the film Syriana) which will in fact be mostly non-fiction.
I don't believe the CIA can exercise any control over any written work if it claims to be "fiction," although most people will regard it as the opposite. Meanwhile, the White House spouts fictions and tries to persuade the people in this country their lies are the truth.
ah, point well taken, ewastud. though i do believe her intent was a non-fiction work. there remain certain restrictions with fiction, though. it cannot be so obvious and overt that everyone simply knows who's who in it.
which reminds me that i was always curious how primary colors passed muster.
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