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Originally Posted by Astrocloud
The woman was covert -that is a fact.
Saying that she isn't in the face of overwhelming evidence -is a lie.
Your credibility with me and certain other posters on here -obviously means very little to you.
I won the argument, you lost. Get over it.
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For the moment I will accept that you are correct and that she was "covert" or what the agency calls "Non-official cover" as stated in the Vanity Fair article.
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In fact, in the spring, Plame was in the process of moving from noc status to State Department cover.
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http://www.jimgilliam.com/2004/01/va...erie_plame.php
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Non-official cover (NOC) is a term used in espionage (particularly by the CIA) for agents or operatives who assume covert roles in organizations without ties to the government for which they work. Such agents or operatives are typically abbreviated in espionage lingo as a NOC (pronounced "knock").
An agent sent to spy on a foreign country might for instance pose as a journalist, a businessperson, a worker for a non-profit organization (such as a humanitarian group), or an academic. Non-official cover is contrasted with official cover, where an agent assumes a position at a seemingly benign department of their government, such as the diplomatic service. If caught, agents under non-official cover are usually trained to deny any connection with their government, and do not have many of the protections offered to (for example) accredited diplomats who are caught spying. Some countries have regulations regarding the use of non-official cover: the CIA, for example, has at times been prohibited from disguising agents as members of certain aid organizations, or as members of the clergy.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-official_cover
If she was NOC many questions beg to be answered, for example:
Why didn't she deny working for the CIA if she was NOC?
Why didn't the CIA deny her employment if she was NOC?
Why didn't Fitzgerald bring charges on blowing her NOC cover?
Why was she donating money to Gore and Kerry using her NOC cover?
Why was her husband drawing attension to his family by publishing articles against the administration while his wife was covert?
Why did people know she worked for the CIA if she was NOC?
This does not add up, and I still do not believe she was "covert" at the time she was outed.