The case of Joseph

Wilson, Valerie Plame

and the invasion of
Iraq
AMELIE DE ANGELIS 592783 & INEZ NUIJTEN 609088
BREAKING NEWS!

Joseph Wilson, former U.S. diplomat publicly

challenged the reasoning behind President
George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq
https://youtu.be/bht3zy7TFP0

(Wilson & Wilson, 2017)

 The moral dilemma
Should Plame’s role in Wilson’s research be outed
to reduce their credibility and gain support for the
war?

Consequentialist ethics Deontological ethics

• Allegedly: positive • Violation of federal law:

desired outcome Intelligence Identities
Integrity • Even if he just wanted oil, Protection Act of 1982
he wanted to enrich
Allegedly: protection America
of USA
conviction of Lewis
Transparency "Scooter" Libby
Legality

(Van Veldhuisen & Snel, 2014) (Armudsen & Andrade, 2009) (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2022)
(UCI Open, 2012)(Andersson, 2014)
(The Guardian, 2019)(NPR, 2007)
Intensification

 Present in this case

 Not present since here is a lot of fear about the possible threat of Saddam Hussein.
That is why citizens and officials do not want to take risks and want less variation
and change.
 However there is an anxiety culture
 Fierce response from media and citizens to incidents about possible threat of
nuclear weapons
 Government cannot absorb all the risks
(Amundsen & Andrade, 2009)

(Karson, 2019)
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& Facts. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Iraq-War
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/27/bush-administration-sold-iraq-war
Van Veldhuisen & Snel . (2014). Implications of trends and developments for the integrity of public administration (translated doc).
Armudsen & Andrade. (2009, January). Public Sector Ethics. Retrieved November 18, 2022, from
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Karson, K. (2019, May 10). Valerie Plame, former CIA agent outed during Iraq War, running for Congress in New Mexico. ABC News.
https://abcnews.go.com/ Politics/valerie-plame-cia-agent-outed-iraq-war-running/story?id=62935987
Reporter, G. S. (2019, September 28). Joseph Wilson, diplomat at heart of Iraq war firestorm, dies aged 69. The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ 2019/sep/28/joseph-wilson-iraq-war-dies-valerie-plame-cia
NPR. (2007, July 2). Timeline: The CIA Leak Case. NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4764919
Open, U. (2012, July 31). A Conversation with Valerie Plame Wilson [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=fXLnFRgO_Kw&feature=youtu.be Andersson Elffers Felix (2014). Integriteit in ontwikkeling. Implicaties van trends en ontwikkelingen voor
de integriteit van het openbaar bestuur. Via: https://kennisopenbaarbestuur.nl/media/128834/integriteit-in-ontwikkeling.pdf