Valerie Wilson with Olbermann on "a world free of nuclear weapons" (video)

Current, with video (07:16):

Keith and Valerie Plame Wilson, anti-nuclear weapons activist and former CIA officer, discuss President Obama's call for a world free of nuclear weapons during his speech last week at the United Nations. Wilson is now working with the Global Zero campaign, which seeks to eliminate nuclear weapons. Next month, she will be launching an ad campaign with actress Naomi Watts, who played her in the movie "Fair Game."

Howie P.S.: H/t to Darryl's always awesome "Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!" Other highlights there this week are "Actually, Occupy Wall Street's Message Couldn't Be Any Clearer" (Sam Seder), "Rachel Maddow gives compelling argument for Occupy Wall Street protest," "LIVE at Occupy Wall Street: Interviewing the Occupiers" (Sam Seder), and "Markos Moulitsas on Roger Ailes' attempt at rebranding Fox."

Valerie Plame Wilson on the media and WikiLeaks

The Gainesville Sun (FL):

In addition to taking questions about her life, Wilson was asked about current events such as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's release of classified documents. She said she was a strong believer that some material should be classified, but there is a great deal of information that is wrongly kept secret.

She said Assange was an unlikable character, but questioned the U.S. media's condemnation of him.

"Are they really believers in freedom of the press?" she said. "Or is it only if they get the leak it's good, if he gets the leak it's bad?" MORE...

(Updated) WaPo Editorial Strives to Debunk "Fair Game" Big Screen Version of Plame-Gate

UPDATED: The debunking of the WaPo editorial has now commenced: "Eight Years Later, Washington Post Still Defending The Saddam-Niger-Yellowcake Story (The Wonk Room)."

WaPo (editorial):

WE'RE NOT in the habit of writing movie reviews. But the recently released film "Fair Game" - which covers a poisonous Washington controversy during the war in Iraq - deserves some editorial page comment, if only because of what its promoters are saying about it. The protagonists portrayed in the movie, former diplomat Joseph C. Wilson IV and former spy Valerie Plame, claim that it tells the true story of their battle with the Bush administration over Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and Ms. Plame's exposure as a CIA agent. "It's accurate," Ms. Plame told The Post. Said Mr. Wilson: "For people who have short memories or don't read, this is the only way they will remember that period."

We certainly hope that is not the case. In fact, "Fair Game," based on books by Mr. Wilson and his wife, is full of distortions - not to mention outright inventions. MORE...

Howie P.S.: I want to thank the editors at the WaPo for this Hanukkah present. You are now covered for all eight nights. Anything that puts this issue on the table for further review is fine with me. Any side-by-side comparison of reality as told by Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame versus G.W. Bush (or the WaPo editors) is a slam-dunk for my team.

Valerie Plame Wilson: "Arms Treaty Must Not Be Derailed"

Valerie Plame Wilson:

For me, the most bittersweet moment watching the new movie “Fair Game” comes when it shows my clandestine CIA work involving nuclear counterproliferation. I remain passionate about the issue of preventing rogue states and terrorist organizations from ever procuring a nuclear weapon. Since resigning from the agency however, I realize that much of what I had been doing may only have served to delay the inevitable. My thinking on proliferation has therefore evolved considerably, and I now believe that the best way to ensure our national security for the long term is to move to achieve the goal of total, global elimination of nuclear weapons.

Recently, I have read with increasing alarm about possible derailment of the Senate ratification of the new START treaty signed by President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in April. If a handful of U.S. senators succeed in their efforts to block ratification of the New START treaty this year, it could fray hard-earned Russian support for tough sanctions on Iran and disrupt important strategic initiatives with the Russians to secure all nuclear materials globally so they don’t fall into the hands of terrorists.

As a result of my counterproliferation work at the CIA, I believe that nuclear terrorism is the most urgent threat we face and locking down all nuclear materials is a national security imperative. But without Russia’s cooperation in those goals, an effective international effort may be impossible to achieve. MORE...