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Former CIA agent with Ukrainian-Jewish roots running for US Congress

The well-known ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame, who runs for the US Congress, said she has Ukrainian-Jewish roots, writes "Voice of America".

Screenshot: YouTube / Valerie Plame for Congress

She stated this in her election video for the US Congress from New Mexico.

Critics say that in this way she seeks to answer reproaches for anti-Semitism. The candidate’s video ad also found inaccuracies.

“I come from the Ukrainian-Jewish generation. My father was in the Air Force, my brother almost died in Vietnam. My service was cut short when I was betrayed by my own government,” Plame says in a video called “Undercover.”

The career of a Democratic politician, who today claims to be a chair in the Senate, really ended abruptly and scandalously in the early 2000's.

Working as an undercover CIA agent, Plame recommended that the George W. Bush administration send his then-husband, former diplomat Joseph Wilson, to the Republic of Niger to test allegations of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's attempt to acquire uranium for the production of weapons of mass destruction. Later, in 2003, Plame-Wilson published an article in The New York Times, which called into question the administration’s argument about the introduction of US troops into Iraq.

During the video in which she presents her own version of her biography, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a senior aide to Bush's vice president Dick Cheney, appears, who she claims told reporters in private briefings that she was the person , who recommended Wilson for the trip. Thus, her cover as a CIA agent was blown.

Plame wrote a book about these events in her life, “A Game Without Rules,” which was later adapted into a film of the same name by Doug Liman. The film stars Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. The film premiered on May 20, 2010. The film received the Freedom of Expression award.

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Plame said she moved to New York the day after Libby was convicted of lying to a jury in an investigation into her name, adding that U.S. President Donald Trump had mercy on him in 2018.

Numerous observers enthusiastically embraced the Plame video. They call for support for election politics.

However, the factchekers questioned the election accusations of Plame about Libby's guilt. In particular, journalists noted that her name and role in the CIA were first revealed in the column of journalist Robert Novak. The review claims that the source of the journalist was probably former Under Secretary of State Richard Armitage, not Libby. The Hermitage was not held accountable.

Some observers also blamed Plame for declaring Ukrainian-Jewish roots in response to allegations of anti-Semitism that had previously been brought against her.

“Valerie Plame released a video of her election campaign: 1. She claims that she served in Iraq and the DPRK (she did not). 2. She says she comes from a family of “Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants” - a response to accusations of anti-Semitism. 3. She uses a CIA seal. 4. Says her campaign is about “getting even,” tweeted correspondent Yashar Ali.

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“Reminder: Any serious article about Valerie Plame's election campaign should recall that she repeatedly retweeted articles from an anti-Semitic site, including articles that blamed Jews for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and an article entitled “American Jews are the driving force behind US wars.” “, writes Tablet editor Yair Rosengberg.

Plame herself stated that she sincerely apologized many times for retweets of such articles, and their content did not reflect his personality.

“You know, you don’t read everything on social media carefully,” she said.

According to the site Peoples.ru Valerie Plame really has a Ukrainian-Jewish origin - "her paternal great-grandfather was a rabbi who emigrated from Ukraine."

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