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Valerie Plame

American Writer

Born: Aug 13, 1963

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My take is, privacy is precious. I think privacy is the last true luxury. To be able to live your life as you choose without having everyone comment on it or know about. Valerie Plame

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These are issues we've been grappling with since the Constitution was written: how you hold your government to account for its words and deeds. It's all about power and the abuse of power. Valerie Plame

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I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about? Valerie Plame

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When you work for the C.I.A. or as a diplomat, or serve in the military, you're not serving as a Democrat or a Republican; you serve as an American, whatever your personal moral compass or political views might be. So that would describe me. Valerie Plame

For me, I thought I had the best job in the world. Valerie Plame

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We need the best and the brightest to go into public service. Valerie Plame

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Privatization is more efficient and effective in some cases, but not in intelligence. Valerie Plame

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I love my career. I thought, if I was lucky, I would retire as a senior intelligence officer, still working on the issues of counterproliferation. But that didn't happen, so - new chapter. Valerie Plame

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There is not adequate whistleblower protection. Valerie Plame

Protection Adequate

Donald Trump has done a lot of horrible things on Twitter. From emboldening white supremacists to promoting violence against journalists, his tweets damage the country and put people in harm's way. Valerie Plame

I was working for the CIA and prohibited from speaking publicly. Valerie Plame

CIA Prohibited Working Speaking Publicly

I do not subscribe to the 'Trump is crazy like a fox' thing. I think that's being too generous. Valerie Plame

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There is definitely a sense that when you, as a CIA ops officer... are handling assets, they are delivering to you their trust and their well-being. And you feel very protective of them, even if they're not very nice people. Valerie Plame

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Our critics would love nothing more for us to go away and just be quiet. And we won't give them that satisfaction. We have young children that, one day, when they understand more of what's happened and what's transpired, we wanna be able to say to them, you know, we did our best. And we told the truth. Valerie Plame

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The intelligence community really is a vast bureaucratic entity, and it has been politicized in ways that are not effective for the gathering of intelligence and giving it to senior policymakers. Valerie Plame

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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. Valerie Plame

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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. Valerie Plame

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I don't care if you are for having Mexico pay for the border wall, or you want to repeal and replace Obamacare, or if you want women to have complete access to reproductive rights - I don't care. The fact is, if you don't get the nuclear issue right, none of the other ones matter. Valerie Plame

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

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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. Valerie Plame

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Leaks are always bad news. Valerie Plame

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