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I submit this statement to the Congress in an effort to correct a malicious and disingenuous smear campaign that has been executed against a friend and former colleague, Valerie (Plame) Wilson. Neither Valerie, nor her husband, Ambassador Joseph Wilson has asked me to do anything on their behalf. I am speaking up because I was raised to stop bullies. In the case of Valerie Plame she is facing a gang of bullies that is being directed by the Republican National Committee.

MyDD :: “I am speaking up because I was raised to stop bullies”

Former CIA agent and State Department counterterrorism official Larry Johnson posted at TPMCafe the prepared text of the testimony he’s giving House and Senate Democrats this morning on the outing of Valerie Plame. Though we’ve heard from Johnson many times before on the Plame/Wilson smear campaign, this testimony is likely to garner the most attention from the media because of the relative high profile of the Congressional Democrats’ joint hearing.

Johnson’s testimony will hopefully be fully digested by the media, who, while angry that the White House has continually lied to them, have also been all too willing to accept the GOP spin that the outing of Valerie Plame was ultimately no big deal. That’s a myth that he’s out to set straight