Plame snubbed by Vanity Fair, regroups

I'm told that last month Valerie Plame's representatives tried to push the latest chapter in her "Plamegate" saga to Vanity Fair. Due to her central involvement in the scandal, Vanity Fair had done a feature on Plame back in 2003.

Betting national interest in the blonde-haired, super-spy had spiked since '03, Plame's people requested this time she get the magazine's cover in exchange for her up-to-date revelations.

Little did they know, Vanity Fair requires a lot more for a cover.

Reportedly, Anderson Cooper had to give up his feelings on his brother's suicide, Hillary Swank had to rat out her husband's drug habit and Teri Hatcher had to talk for the first time about the sexual abuse she suffered as a teenager to get the coveted newsstand space.

When told Valerie Plame wanted the cover and was prepared to spill the beans on a government that had "betrayed her trust" and started a "whispering campaign against her to get it, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter laughed and recommended Plame "take that weak shit to US Weekly."

Plame did Carter one better and sued the Secretary of Defense and the Vice President of The United States.

It didn't work out exactly as planned. A pesky terrorist outfit called "Hezbollah" went and started a war on the same day as she filed her suit.

That hiccup aside, publicists are currently studying the innovative strategy Plame and her representatives have pioneered.

If more stars end up choosing the "sue the government" option, there will be a lot less "celebrity revelations" in our future.