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The NSA's metastasised intelligence-industrial complex is ripe for abuse
- a3n 13y agoThe authors are Valerie Plame Wilson and Joe Wilson of Plamegate fame. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_plame https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_plame Joe Plame failed to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and was generally critical of the Bush administration. His wife Valerie was an undercover CIA officer. She was outed by Dick Cheney's office via a leak, as retribution. The leak ended her effectiveness as a CIA operative, and likely endangered or killed people she'd had contact with. For political revenge by the administration in power.