The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
Staff, Wire Reports
Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 03:54 PM
Former CIA Officer Valerie Plame Apologizes For Anti-Semitic Content
Former CIA officer
Valerie Plame apologized Thursday afternoon after facing an avalanche of
criticism on social media for tweeting an article that blames “America’s
Jews” for the country’s wars.
Plame, who was famously at the center of the intelligence leak scandal
during George W. Bush’s administration, tweeted a story and headline
from the Unz Review website that said: “America’s Jews Are Driving
America’s Wars.”
The story and tweet included a photo of Weekly Standard editor Bill
Kristol.
America’s Jews Are Driving America’s Wars https://t.co/oUH7b0QPMt
— Valerie Plame Wilson (@ValeriePlame) September 21, 2017
Her tweet went viral Thursday as Plame was accused of spreading
anti-Semitic content.
F. Bill McMorris @FBillMcMorris
Joe: it's a Jewish holy day. We should wish our friends..."
Valerie: Can Jews use computers during these things?
J: No, why?
V: No reason
Jonathan Swan ✔ @jonathanvswan
I suspect, Valerie, you are neither Jewish nor decent.
ErikWemple ✔ @ErikWemple
Former cover CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson is now mounting a vigorous
defense of hard-core and undisguised anti-Semitism.
https://twitter.com/ValeriePlame/status/910884546723196929
At first, Plame defended the tweet, telling people to “calm down.” She
called the story “very provocative, but thoughtful.”
Valerie Plame Wilson ✔ @ValeriePlame
1) First of all, calm down. Re-tweets don't imply endorsement. Yes, very
provocative, but thoughtful. Many neocon hawks ARE Jewish. https://twitter.com/ValeriePlame/status/910884546723196929
…
Valerie Plame Wilson ✔ @ValeriePlame
2) Just FYI, I am of Jewish decent. I am not in favor of war with Iran,
or getting out of the Iran nuclear treaty. There are simply https://twitter.com/ValeriePlame/status/910893481735757825
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Valerie Plame
Wilson ✔ @ValeriePlame
3) too many who are so ready to go to war. Haven't we had enough for
awhile?
4) Read the entire article and try, just for a moment, to https://twitter.com/ValeriePlame/status/910893826079723521
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Valerie Plame Wilson ✔ @ValeriePlame
put aside your biases and think clearly. https://twitter.com/ValeriePlame/status/910894036545765376
…
But later Thursday,
Plame changed her tune, expressing her apologies and saying she “missed
gross undercurrents to this article.”
“I’m not perfect and make mistakes,” she tweeted. “This was a doozy. All
I can do is admit them, try to be better, and read more thoroughly next
time. Ugh.”
Valerie Plame Wilson ✔ @ValeriePlame
OK folks, look, I messed up. I skimmed this piece, zeroed in on the
neocon criticism, and shared it without seeing and considering the rest.
Valerie Plame Wilson ✔ @ValeriePlame
Replying to @ValeriePlame
I missed gross undercurrents to this article & didn’t do my homework on
the platform this piece came from. Now that I see it, it’s obvious.
Valerie Plame Wilson ✔ @ValeriePlame
Apologies all. There is so much there that’s problematic AF and I should
have recognized it sooner. Thank you for pushing me to look again.
Valerie Plame Wilson ✔ @ValeriePlame
Replying to @ValeriePlame
Apologies all. There is so much there that’s problematic AF and I should
have recognized it sooner. Thank you for pushing me to look again.
Valerie Plame
Wilson ✔ @ValeriePlame
I’m not perfect and make mistakes. This was a doozy. All I can do is
admit them, try to be better, and read more thoroughly next time. Ugh.
1:12 PM - Sep 21, 2017
Valerie Plame Wilson ✔ @ValeriePlame
OK folks, look, I messed up. I skimmed this piece, zeroed in on the
neocon criticism, and shared it without seeing and considering the rest.
1:11 PM - Sep 21, 2017
2,278 2,278 Replies 374 374 Retweets 1,953 1,953 likes
Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, gained fame in 2003 after she was outed in the media as a CIA officer during the debate over whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. The leak led to a well-publicized criminal investigation.
