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To: steve dietrich who wrote (693089)	7/21/2005 9:03:39 AM
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Former Intel Officers Speak Out On The Plame Leak "The disclosure of [CIA officer Valerie] Plame's name was a shameful event in American history and, in our professional judgment, may have damaged U.S. national security and poses a threat to the ability of U.S. intelligence gathering using human sources," wrote eleven former intelligence officers in an open letter to Congress this week. They disputed the contention, voiced by some Republican officials, that since Plame was employed at CIA headquarters she could not have been "under cover." "These comments reveal an astonishing ignorance of the intelligence community and the role of cover. The fact is that there are thousands of U.S. intelligence officers who 'work at a desk' in the Washington, D.C. area every day who are undercover. Some have official cover, and some have non-official cover. Both classes of cover must and should be protected." See their July 18 letter here: fas.org