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Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing
October 24, 2003
Mansfield Room, U.S. Capitol
National Security Implications of Disclosing the Identity of an Intelligence Operative
"In pursuing a political agenda, the leakers destroyed a woman's chosen career path without regard for the consequences. But the consequences are much greater than Valerie Plame's job as a clandestine CIA employee - they include the damage to the lives and livelihoods of many foreign nationals with whom she was connected and it has destroyed a clandestine cover mechanism that may have been used to protect other CIA non-official cover officers."
- Vincent Cannistraro, former Chief of Operations and Analysis
at the CIA Counterterrorism Center
"If left unpunished, this cowardly act will not only hinder our efforts to recruit qualified individuals into the clandestine service, but it will have a far-reaching, deleterious effect on our ability to recruit foreign intelligence assets overseas."
- Larry Johnson, former CIA Analyst
"The deliberate exposure and identification of Ambassador Wilson's wife, by our own government, was unprecedented, unnecessary, harmful and dangerous."
- James Marcinkowski, forer CIA Operations Officer
Hearing Transcript
For a full transcript of the hearing click here.
To view the video, click here.
Opening Statements
Senator Tom Daschle
Democratic Leader
Senator John D. Rockefeller
Vice Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence
Senator Carl Levin
Senator Tom Harkin
Senator Bob Graham
Senator Frank Lautenberg
Statements by Witnesses
Vincent Cannistraro
former Chief of Operations and Analysis at the CIA Counterterrorism Center
Larry Johnson
former CIA Analyst
James Marcinkowski
former CIA Operations Officer
Click here for a copy of the packet of information distributed at the hearing.
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