Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Washington's CIA Spy Leak Comes to a Theatre Near You!

A Hollywood studio plans a film on Valerie Plame, a glamorous CIA spy outed after her husband accused President George W Bush's administration of exaggerating intelligence to invade Iraq, Variety said.

Warner Brothers has acquired the rights to the life story of Plame and her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, the couple at the heart of a scandal which led to the trial (and conviction - see below) of Vice President Dick Cheney's aide Lewis Libby.

Warner Brothers "also will use Plame's memoir Fair Game if the CIA permits her to publish it," Variety said. (more)