Just when we needed a little comedy relief...
Former CIA operative Valerie Plame and her husband, Joe Wilson are suing U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. They must have needed an attention fix.
Plame has accused Cheney, his chief of staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby, presidential adviser Karl Rove and other White House officials of leaking her identity to discredit her husband Joseph Wilson.
Both Wilson and Plame filed the lawsuit Thursday.
The lawsuit alleges that White House officials "embarked on an anonymous 'whispering campaign' designed to discredit ... (the Wilsons) and to deter other critics from speaking out," by revealing her identity to the press.
The lawsuit also alleges that Cheney, Libby, Rove and 10 unnamed officials endangered the Wilson family - including their children - by leaking Plame's identity.
"This lawsuit concerns the intentional and malicious exposure by senior officials of the federal government of ... (Plame), whose job it was to gather intelligence to make the nation safer and who risked her life for her country," the couple's lawyer said in the lawsuit.
Hmmm...then I wonder why all of the Wilson's neighbors an dfriends knew whom Ms. Plame worked for?
The Wilsons also allege that the leak infringed on their privacy rights.
Of course, this could have something to do with it....must gin up those book sales, recoup that advance...
As we know, except for Libbey, no other officials have been charged in the leak, to the disappointment of the Angry Left.
"and 10 others"
ReplyDeleteOMG am i on the list???????