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Phenom78 said:"In an October 27, 2005 appearance on Larry King Live, Bob Woodward commented on the Plame investigation by stating "They did a damage assessment within the CIA, looking at what this did that [former ambassador] Joe Wilson's wife [Plame] was outed. And turned out it was quite minimal damage. They did not have to pull anyone out undercover abroad. They didn't have to resettle anyone. There was no physical danger to anyone, and there was just some embarrassment."[53] In an October 28, 2005 appearance on Hardball, Andrea Mitchell was quoted as saying "I happen to have been told that the actual damage assessment as to whether people were put in jeopardy on this case did not indicate that there was real damage in this specific instance."[54]
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.....However, two days later (from above) , Woodward's own newspaper reported that the CIA initially found the damage "serious enough to warrant an investigation," and stated that the agency typically waits until the conclusion of criminal investigations to launch formal damage assessments.
In an October 29 article by staff writer Dafna Linzer, headlined "CIA Yet to Assess Harm From Plame's Exposure," the Post reported that the CIA "has not conducted a formal damage assessment, as is routinely done in cases of espionage and after any legal proceedings have been exhausted." Linzer also wrote that the CIA indicated in a written questionnaire submitted to the Justice Department in 2003 that the resulting damage from the leak of Plame's identity was serious.
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