‘there are no excuses’

Valerie Plame Wilson Resigns From Ploughshares Fund After Tweeting Anti-Semitic Article

“I take full responsibility for my thoughtless and hurtful actions.”

Former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson announced Sunday that she has resigned from her board position at the nuclear-disarmament nonprofit Ploughshares Fund after she retweeted a “deeply offensive” article arguing that American Jews are pushing for war with Iran. “Actions have consequences, and while I have been honored to serve on the board of the Ploughshares Fund... to avoid detracting from their mission, I have resigned,” Wilson tweeted. “I take full responsibility for my thoughtless and hurtful actions, and there are no excuses for what I did.” Wilson initially defended her sharing of the article, later apologized and said she had only “skimmed this piece,” which she described as having “anti-Semitic tropes.”