The Plame Affair - Exposed | 1
American Scandal
Audible
4.5 • 19.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
In 2003, America is at war with Iraq, as part of its global campaign on terror. Former diplomat Joe Wilson sharply criticizes the war, making him an enemy of the White House. Payback is swift, but the crosshairs are aimed at someone else: Wilson’s wife, covert CIA agent Valerie Plame.
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| 0:10.0 | It's July 14, 2003 at 6.29 in the morning. |
| 0:23.9 | Valerie Plame is sound asleep. |
| 0:26.3 | She's got about 25 seconds into her alarm clock rings. |
| 0:29.6 | 25 seconds before she finds out her life is going to turn upside down. |
| 0:34.8 | Plame is 39. |
| 0:36.2 | She's blonde and trim and the mother of three-year-old twins. |
| 0:40.2 | She also has a secret. |
| 0:41.8 | She's an undercover operative for the CIA. |
| 0:44.5 | It's something that few people know. |
| 0:46.7 | Only her husband, parents, and brother know the truth. |
| 0:50.0 | But that is about to change. |
| 0:55.5 | Plame reaches for her husband, Joe Wilson. |
| 0:57.7 | But his side of the bed is empty. |
| 0:59.4 | And that's strange. |
| 1:00.8 | She calls out. |
| 1:02.1 | Then here's Joe comes stomping upstairs. |
| 1:04.6 | He hands her a cup of coffee and scowls bitterly. |
| 1:07.6 | Well, that son of a bitch did. |
| 1:09.6 | Joe's tone jolts her out of her drowsiness. |
| 1:12.0 | What? |
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