CIA Blocks the Basis of Plame’s Manuscript The CIA’s publications review board has effectively blocked Valerie Plame’s book by telling her she cannot mention or discuss her employment with the agency at all since she was a “nonofficial cover” officer (NOC) posing as a private businesswoman, Newsweek reports. CIA spokesman Mark Mansfield says discussions with Plame are “ongoing” and that “the sole yardstick” is that the book “contain[s] no classified information.” Plame has hired an attorney to challenge the board’s ruling. Newsweek Personnel News Marian Lizzi has been promoted to editor-in-chief at Perigee, reporting to Pergiee/HP/Prentice Hall Press publisher John […]