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May 22, 2014 12:01pm

Former CIA analyst Valerie Plame testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 16, 2007, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Presidential candidate-in-waiting Hillary Clinton already has backing from top politicians, influential celebrities and from a famous former spy.

Former CIA agent Valerie Plame and her husband, former U.S. Ambassador Joe Wilson, were special guests of honor at a fundraising event Wednesday in Santa Fe, N.M., for the pro-Hillary Clinton Super PAC Ready for Hillary. The couple supported Hillary Clinton during the 2008 primary, and theyve made their renewed endorsement for 2016 known early.

Since being outed as a CIA operative in 2003, Plame and her family relocated to New Mexico. Over the past decade shes written a best-selling memoir, which was adapted into a major Hollywood film, and has made multiple public appearances to speak about issues of nuclear proliferation and womens role in intelligence. Shes currently the director of community outreach at the Santa Fe Institute, writing a second spy-thriller featuring a strong female CIA officer and now, getting ready for Hillary.

Approximately 30 people with wide areas of influence in northern New Mexico, along with some elected officials, attended the breakfast fundraiser Wednesday, which included remarks by the head of the groups financial committee, Craig Smith, and a Q&A with Plame and Wilson.

ABC News spoke with Valerie Plame, 50, this week about her involvement in the growing Super PAC, why she wants Clinton to run for president, and her thoughts on the CIAs most recent policy change.

So, you just got out of your first fundraiser for the group. Howd it go?It was very informative for me personally to learn about how a Super PAC works and how they plan to build on mistakes from the 2008 campaign. I dont think its any secret that the 2008 campaign was very slow to enact and build a really vibrant grassroots campaign. I mean Obama just ate their breakfast. The disparity was shocking. And they dont want to be caught out again.

Does Hillary Clinton know youre part of Ready for Hillary?I imagine she does. I dare say Hillary Clinton has many, many friends. But she has to know that were engaged. She was very kind to us when Joe and I went through the darkest days of the leak of my name in 2003. And of course Joe worked in the Clinton White House.

Any secret spy-intel on whether she decides to run or not? I dont have any more insight than anybody else. I really think that she is still weighing the pros and the cons. Like anyone else shes human and probably wakes up one day convinced and then the next day not so sure. But I think it seems pretty obvious that shell have to wait to make any sort of announcement until after the midterms.

See the article here:
Ex-Spy Valerie Plame Thinks Hillary Clinton Is Next FDR