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Xark posts about Valerie Plame’s appearance last week in Nashville. It’s not so much about politics as it is about the human connection.

While watching Wilson discuss the fear she had for her family when “realistic” threats were made on them—and the betrayal she felt when the CIA refused to offer her protection after hearing for years those who joined were family forever—I got a new understanding of the issue. When I heard her repeatedly note that her personal loss of career meant our shared loss of national security contacts abroad—and watched her body and face express the sense of loss she felt—I understood this on different levels—personal and political.

Go read it. We sometimes forget that political maneuverings in our government sometimes have personal consequences.