Fair Game Page #7

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in handcuffs.

And believe me, when I use that name,

I measure my words.

Mr. Wilson!

- Excuse me.

We came all the way from Portland

for this.

Hello. Okay.

My wife and I have never sought publicity,

but I know when I tell her about

all of the support out here today,

she'll be thrilled and humbled.

- Hello?

- Valerie, turn on MSNBC.

Mom, why can't I have

some juice?

Okay. Hold on one second.

They've launched an investigation.

Ashcroft just announced it.

They say he's going to convene

a grand jury.

Hold on a second.

The FBI now is conducting

a criminal investigation

into who leaked the name

of the CIA undercover operative...

I'm going to be back later.

I've got to go over to Fox.

They want me to comment

on the investigation.

- Joe, just hold on.

Valerie, we've got to fight this.

We cannot... We've got to push back.

Mom! Where's my doll?

I've got another call. I gotta go.

Joe! You have to...

Joe Wilson.

Joe, it's Chris Matthews.

I just spoke to Karl Rove.

He told me, "Wilson's wife is fair game. "

Thank you for coming here.

I wanted to convey my outrage to you

in person.

I know it's not easy, but I want you to know

how much the Agency appreciates

your silence in the light of this matter.

We can't afford

to have this knife fight go on any longer.

I get death threats every day.

People threaten to kill my husband,

hurt my children.

I went to the Agency

and I requested security

to protect my family.

I was declined because, "My circumstances

fall outside budget protocols. "

If this is a knife fight, sir,

right now we're fighting it alone.

Joe Wilson versus the White House, huh?

Well, all I can say is good luck.

But I feel, as a friend, I should tell you

that those men, those few men

in that building over there,

are the most powerful men

in the history of the world.

How much of a stretch do you think it'd be

for them to take on Joe Wilson?

Joe is out there on his own, Valerie,

but I know we can trust you.

Speak to your husband.

Tucker Carlson says,

"Wilson's wife sent him on a boondoggle. "

Says, "He needed the work. "

Who needs to work for free?

It's not like Niger is renowned

for its fine dining and celebrated operas.

It reminds me of Paris.

Listen. Someone from Vanity Fair called,

they want to do a piece.

They want to do a full-scale interview,

photographs.

Tell the whole story.

What do you think about that?

What do I think?

Do I want my photograph in Vanity Fair?

Is that the question?

Valerie, this is our chance.

- To do what?

- To tell our side of the story.

It'll mean a dozen,

maybe 50 TV appearances.

We have to do that.

They're killing us on Fox, in the blogs.

They're drowning us out.

We've got to strike back.

What? What's wrong? What did I say?

Don't you get it, Joe?

I mean, where does all of this stop?

Our address is on the Internet.

A photo of our house.

I've changed our phone number, what,

five times now?

My name... My name is everywhere!

My real name, Joe!

Where does all of this tough-talk

and publicity and noise,

and all of this bullshit that you're doing,

where does it get us?

- Where?

- Andy Card told the Financial Times

that they are rolling earthmovers

over Joe Wilson. "Earthmovers. "

Well, I'm sorry,

you're not going to get me without a fight.

Not without one hell of a fight.

It's the White House, Joe.

It's the White House.

Do you seriously think you can pick a fight

with the White House and win?

- They'll bury us!

- They'll bury us if we don't!

- Joe.

- Listen to me, Valerie.

- No, no, you listen to me!

- Valerie! Valerie! Valerie!

Does that make me right

if I shout louder than you?

If I shout louder than you, am I right?

If I'm the White House

and I shout a million times louder than you,

does that make me right?

They lied, Valerie.

They lied. That's the truth.

Truth. Right.

Well, by the time they're finished with us,

- we won't know what that is.

Mom!

Great.

Look, Mommy.

Is Scooter home?

- What's that?

- The Senate just finished its investigation.

The findings of the Select Committee

on Intelligence, all 511 pages.

Check out page 39.

- Hi, Daddy!

- Who's the prettiest?

Hey there, monster. How are you?

Go get there.

Get some play in before it starts to rain.

What's that?

That's the Senate Select Committee

Intelligence report.

On page 39,

it says, "The former ambassador's wife

offered up his name. "

It then includes a memorandum

written by Valerie Plame

which says, "My husband has

good relations with both the Prime Minister

"and the former Minister of Mines,

"both of whom could shed light

on this sort of activity. "

- This is exactly what I've been denying.

- No. No.

I've been to every newspaper,

every television, radio,

anybody that would listen to me,

saying my wife did not send me on a junket.

- I didn't send you. I didn't have that power.

- You sent an e-mail.

The SSCI found the e-mail.

- I write hundreds of e-mails.

- Why didn't you tell me?

It never occurred to you, in all this time,

that this would be important?

I didn't make the decision.

I was asked to write a recommendation.

What was I supposed to do?

Not say my husband knows about this?

Well, they have this now.

They'll call me a liar and it will stick.

'Cause they have all the power.

What do I have? My word.

You've got to speak up, Valerie.

You've got to go on the record now.

You've got to defend us. Now.

So what do you want me to do?

Go to the papers like you did?

Write a piece in The New York Times?

You know I'd have to submit it

to the Agency...

Daddy!

- Wait, wait, wait.

Honey, go play. Go on, go on.

The Agency?

Valerie, who's your loyalty to?

To your husband or the CIA?

It's to my family.

I put my family first, always.

Were you putting them first

when you wrote that goddamn article?

Mommy!

Trevor?

Go find Samantha.

I'm taking different routes

to and from school.

I'm looking in empty rooms,

under beds, every time I come home.

A home we're going to lose pretty soon

because your work has dried up

and your clients are running for cover.

What has all this achieved, Joe?

Maybe you're right.

Maybe I just should

have kept my mouth shut.

Is that what your dad taught you, Valerie?

Is that what Colonel Sam Plame would say?

A good American

just keeps his mouth shut.

A good American just looks the other way?

Did you send me to Niger?

His business is struggling,

he's on the slide.

I'll pull a few strings,

send the old man a bone.

- Is that pretty much what happened?

- How dare you.

Did you send me?

You think I'm lying to you.

Could I tell if you were?

Trevor? Honey?

Come on, Sam. Let's get in the car.

- Bye, guys! I'll see you at home.

- Bye, Daddy!

Bye!

I'm taking my car, okay?

Joe Wilson was a shameless self-promoter.

Everything about his story was either a lie

or a hoax or he was incompetent.

I think this is important.

If we're in time of war

and you want to know

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