CIA Leak Scandal Plamegate to Become Major Movie Tre

Politics drove someone in the White House to do a treacherous, potentially criminal thing: a senior administration official leaked the identity of a covert CIA operative. They endangered the agent's life and compromised our national security in a time of war.

Here's what former president George H.W. Bush said about that kind of crime: "Even though I'm a tranquil guy now at this stage of my life, I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors." That's from a speech on April 26, 1999.

TREASON TO BECOME HIGHLY PROFITABLE NOW, INSTEAD OF A CRIME.

“Variety” reports today that WB secured the life rights of Wilson and Plame, interesting as the CIA appears to already have life rights to Plame. The trade paper says the studio will use Plame’s memoir, “Fair Game,” if the CIA permits her to publish it. Plame made a reported publishing deal in the $2.5 million range last year, and Simon & Schuster is expected to publish late this year. While it would be ironic for Plame’s story to be illegally leaked by the White House, only to have another government branch deny her the right to tell it herself, the CIA has the latitude to silence Plame.The film is co-production between Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind,” The DaVicni Code”) and Jerry Zucker (the “Aiplane” and “Naked Gun” franchises) and Janet Zucker.

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