Valerie Plame Quotes

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Valerie Plame

Profession : Writer

Birth : August 13, 1963

When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.

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Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.

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Americans want to believe that we are a nation of laws, and no one is above them, including the president. Mr. Trump's and his associates' actions during his campaign and during his brief time in office are extremely troubling.

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If Russia did interfere in our election - and, by most accounts, they did - then it is imperative for the health of our democracy to have a thorough and unbiased investigation into the matter.

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There is not adequate whistleblower protection.

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When President Ronald Reagan negotiated some significant arms reduction deals with the then-Soviet Union, he was considered a real hero, someone who was advocating for peace.

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I've been working with Global Zero. They are a great organization leading the resistance against nuclear war and the elimination of nuclear weapons.

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We don't have to sit by while Trump uses his enormous global platform to undermine our national security. We would love to be able to actually force Twitter's hand to live up to its rules, explicitly forbidding hate speech and encouraging violence.

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Whatever you think of Trump, I think most people would agree he is impulsive, and we certainly have an impulsive leader in North Korea in Kim Jong-un. That's an unholy combination.

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The fundamental problem is not that Trump has access to the nuclear launch codes, but that they exist at all.

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To my knowledge, no one has died from a cyberattack... but there is a gray area between peace and war.

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I have always been appalled by the depiction of female CIA operatives.

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I find it really hard to relate to the Bond women or Angelina Jolie in 'Salt.' And of course it's informed by my experiences and the people I've met along the way and the places I've been.

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I think feeling bitter or angry is really useless.

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Of course the job has a lot of glamour. But it really is about being smarter than your average bear. Your mind is your best weapon. It's great when you're a good shot with an AK-47, but it's about being clever.

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There's a huge impact on national security and intelligence. The new normal is going to be more and more of these hacks, whether it's Target or Home Depot or the Office of Personnel Management or Jennifer Lawrence's nude photos.

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The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.

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From a counter-intelligence viewpoint, the OPM breach is really scary - but if we continue to see the erosion of purely commercial enterprises, where people lose confidence, the economy falters.

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I've moved on to Plan B now, writing novels.

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I would never jeopardize classified information. I served my country well and loyally, and I had to sue the C.I.A. on First Amendment grounds.

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