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 yet, we have followed blindly this dogma that if it's private contracting, it must be better. — 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 trust and their well-being. And you feel very protective of them, even if they're not very nice people. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
One characteristic that I hope I never relinquish is an intense curiosity about the world around me. — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I have always been appalled by the depiction of female CIA operatives. — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
