Shades of Cover (LA Times)

Shades of Cover
The CIA leak case has called attention to the mosaic of lies and props the intelligence community diligently uses to protect its operatives.

By Greg Miller
Times Staff Writer
Published July 16, 2005

Several months after her identity as a CIA operative was exposed in a newspaper column, Valerie Plame had dinner with five of her classmates from the agency's training academy.

Four had left the CIA, and they spent the evening catching up on what they'd done during their clandestine careers, as well as the jobs and moves that followed. But even though Plame's "cover" had been cracked wide open, her dinner companions didn't pry for details. Even in that tight circle, no one wanted to spill any more secrets.

"Cover is a mosaic, it's a puzzle," said James Marcinkowski, a former CIA case officer who attended the dinner. "Every piece is important because you don't know which pieces the bad guys are missing."

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American population are clueless?

"Maintaining cover critical for espionage" (This is the title on Yahoo's Front Page
http://www.yahoo.com)

Isn't this a given for a Second Grader?

Plus, I really haven't seen brought up by the Media Whores. An embassador's wife should NOT be a CIA agent. This being exposed not only makes America look dirty and corrupt what will that do to ever embassadors wife? Automatically be tortured and executed?

an agent long before she became an Ambassador's wife.

As for spies in embassies, that is usually the first place to look for them. If you want to see what a spy looks like, go stand outside any embassy in Washington and watch the people coming and going. Guaranteed at least a few of them are spies!

known all over the world. I believe all embassadors' wives are all not targets for terrorists. Thanks Bush!

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