Fair Game Page #9

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You know, say if through some miracle

you get through this thing,

I mean, there's no guarantee

you and Joe won't fight.

You know, he's a stubborn son of a b*tch.

I mean, he's not going to give up

any more than you are.

Grandpa, look.

I swear to God she's going to

keep at that thing until she licks it.

Come on, raise your hand up!

There you go!

- Good shot.

- I'm going to do it again!

Yeah.

Good try!

...maybe the final results.

Sh*t. Mom?

And it's turned out to be bad news

for one member of the White House team,

and a central figure he is,

Scooter Libby. Five counts.

And as Brian Williams just said

on NBC News, in that special report,

30 years he faces right now.

And I want to talk right now

to Dan Abrams, my colleague,

who handles these legal matters...

You can imagine

that the letter of resignation

was probably drafted

somewhat in advance

and that there were indications in the past...

What is next?

Lawyers for Lewis Scooter Libby

are preparing his defense

following his indictment on Friday.

Meanwhile, President Bush

is set to announce his next nominee

to replace Sandra Day O'Connor

on the Supreme Court.

Karl Rove escaped indictment today,

but according to sources

still faces a possible perjury charge.

Now, two things here.

First of all,

the Karl Rove business about today,

the fact that he was not indicted today

is certainly

what you would call interim good news,

but it can only be called interim good news

because as you know, the investigation,

insofar as he is concerned, is going to...

They served up Scooter Libby.

He's going to take the fall.

I'm sure they've already brokered a deal.

He takes the fall, the deck is stacked,

he gets pardoned.

I bet there won't even be a trial.

I don't care what they say about us.

I don't care how angry you get.

If they take all of this away, I don't care.

They do not get to take my marriage.

I'm so sorry.

You did good.

I did it for me.

I know why you did it.

Thank you.

If I could give it back to you...

If I could give you back who you were...

This is who I am.

Right here.

Are you ready to fight?

Good.

How many of you know the 16 words

in President Bush's State of the Union

address that led us to war?

How many know my wife's name?

- Valerie Plame.

- Valerie Plame.

Now, how can you know one

and not the other?

When did the question move

from "Why are we going to war?"

To "Who is this man's wife?"

I asked the first question,

but somebody else asked the second.

And it worked.

Because none of us know the truth.

The offense that was committed

was not committed against me,

it was not committed against my wife.

It was committed against you.

All of you.

Now, if that makes you angry

or feel misrepresented,

do something about it.

When Benjamin Franklin

left Independence Hall

just after the second drafting,

he was approached by a woman

on the street.

The woman said, "Mr. Franklin,

"what manner of government

have you bequeathed us?"

And Franklin said, "A Republic, madam.

"If you can keep it. "

The responsibility of a country

is not in the hands of a privileged few.

We are strong, and we are free from tyranny

as long as each one of us

remembers his or her duty as a citizen.

Whether it's to report a pothole

at the top of your street

or lies in a State of the Union address,

speak out! Ask those questions.

Demand that truth.

Democracy is not a free ride, man.

I'm here to tell you.

But, this is where we live.

And if we do our job,

this is where our children will live.

God bless America.

Ms. Wilson,

we're pleased to have you here.

Thank you very much

for coming to our committee today.

It's the practice of this committee

that all witnesses are administered an oath.

And I'd like to ask you to stand

and raise your right hand.

Do you promise to tell the truth

and nothing but the truth?

- I do.

- Please be seated.

Now, there's a button

on the base of the mike.

Be sure to press it in

and pull it closely enough to you

so you can be heard.

Good morning, Mr. Chairman

and members of the committee.

My name is Valerie Plame Wilson.

And I'm honored to have been invited

to testify under oath

before the Committee on Oversight

and Government Reform

on the critical issue

of safeguarding classified information.

I'm grateful for this opportunity

to set the record straight.

I served the United States loyally

and to the best of my ability

as a covert operations officer

for the Central Intelligence Agency.

I worked on behalf of the national security

of our country,

on behalf of the people of the United States,

until my name and true affiliations

were exposed in the national media

on July 14th, 2003, after a leak

by administration officials.

Today, I can tell this committee even more.

In the run-up to the war with Iraq,

I worked in the counter-proliferation

division of the CIA,

still as a covert officer whose affiliation

with the CIA was classified.

I raced to discover solid intelligence

for senior policymakers

on Iraq's presumed weapons

of mass destruction programs.

While I helped to manage

and run secret world-wide operations

against this WMD target

from CIA headquarters in Washington,

I also traveled to foreign countries

on secret missions

to find vital intelligence.

I loved my career

because I love my country.

I was proud of the serious responsibilities

entrusted to me

as a CIA covert operations officer.

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