Friday, March 08, 2019
Fair Game
Fair Game is about the bogus intelligence used to justify the US' 2003 invasion of Iraq and, more specifically, the exposure of CIA operative Valerie Plame. Unfortunately, the film soft pedals the crucial role of the Israel-firsters in the drive to illegally invade Iraq. In any case, this film still tells an important story.
In late 2018, Fair Game director Liman released a director's cut of the film. This coincided with President Trump's decision earlier in the year to pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff and a protege of Paul Wolfowitz. Libby is a key figure in the film. He was convicted in 2007 of obstruction of justice, perjury, and making false statements in the Plame Affair.
See also (in chronological order):
- "Playing skittles with Saddam" in The Guardian
- "The Scooter Libby-Marc Rich Connection" on The Unz Review
- "The 'JINSA Crowd' and the Iraq War" on the Dissident Veteran for Peace blog
- "Scooter Libby Love Letters: Washington elite petition judge on behalf of convicted Cheney aide" on The Smoking Gun
- Fair Game reviewed by Roger Ebert
- Fair Game reviewed in The Guardian
- "Scooter Libby & Paul Wolfowitz to Teach Iraq 'Decision-Making' " in The American Conservative
- "Why Ariel Sharon Thanked Scooter Libby" in Mosaic
- "The Pardon of Marc Rich" in CounterPunch
- "When Trump Makes Your Largely Forgotten Movie Urgent Again" in The Atlantic
- "Former CIA Spy Valerie Plame: Trump Is 'Dangerous For Our National Security' " on The Daily Beast
- "Director Doug Liman Believes 'Fair Game' is More Relevant Than Ever" on FilmSchoolRejects
Labels: Bush, film & television, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Neoconservatives, Trump, Valerie Plame, video