I did a book event with a former colleague, Bob Bauer, and was so relieved that he said I got all the… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
I have always been appalled by the depiction of female CIA operatives. — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
I first learned the power of trust in the CIA. There is no question that when I joined the Agency as a… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
So many times, genuine health workers and genuine NGO folks are really just trying to help other humans in whatever capacity they… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
When you're in the CIA, you anticipate the possibility that you'll be betrayed by a foreign government or a source, but you… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
I didn't appreciate how special and sometimes strange my CIA world was - until it suddenly and spectacularly ended in a newspaper… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
Any time you're a poster child for the CIA, there are a lot of people that are - either have ideological or… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
Over the years, from serving in the CIA to sitting on non-profit boards, I have observed first-hand what the addition of even… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
Hollywood does tend to portray CIA officers as totally the honey trap. Looks matter as they do in any profession. But the… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
There is definitely a sense that when you, as a CIA ops officer... are handling assets, they are delivering to you their… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
My father was an air officer in the Second World War. My brother was a marine in Vietnam. When I was given this opportunity,… — Valerie Plame Copy Share
Hair and make-up always helps. I did always try to be well-groomed, professional at all times. Take your job seriously - but not yourself. — Valerie Plame Copy Share
The Cold War has ended. It's very simple. We are no longer living in a bipolar world. The chances that we will go to… — Valerie Plame Copy Share
We in no way are naive to think that just because Russia and the United States agree to reduce their arsenals, that everyone else… — Valerie Plame Copy Share
I can tell you, all the intelligence services in the world were running my name through their databases to see did anyone by this… — Valerie Plame Copy Share
These are issues we've been grappling with since the Constitution was written: how you hold your government to account for its words and deeds.… — Valerie Plame Copy Share
I think a nuclear detonation is society-altering in ways that other attacks, even as horrific as 9/11, are not. This isn't because we have… — Valerie Plame Copy Share
One characteristic that I hope I never relinquish is an intense curiosity about the world around me. — Valerie Plame Copy Share
Joe was being called a liar and a traitor; I'm being accused of nepotism, of being a glorified secretary. The stresses that that places… — Valerie Plame Copy Share
The entire intelligence community is so bloated and so reliant on contractors. There's no question there's many tasks that make sense to outsource, and… — Valerie Plame Copy Share
I think human intelligence is the only one that will actually tell you intent. — Valerie Plame Copy Share
There's no way you can possibly intellectually justify, 'Well, it's okay for the Western Judeo-Christian countries to have nuclear weapons, but not for a… — Valerie Plame Copy Share
Of course the job has a lot of glamour. But it really is about being smarter than your average bear. Your mind is your… — Valerie Plame Copy Share
