“It is now quite clear that the outing of Valerie Plame was part of a broader White House effort to mislead and manipulate U.S. public opinion as part of an orchestrated effort to take us to war. The unraveling of the Valerie Plame affair has exposed their scam—and it extends well beyond compromising the identity of a CIA officer. In short, the Bush administration organized and executed a classic “covert action” program against the citizens of the United States.” — Larry Johnson , former CIA intelligence analyst and State Department counter-terrorism official, now a member of the Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) (tompaine.com)