"Valerie Flame" Will Blow Your Cover

DECEMBER 30--Okay, so every year TSG tries to come up with a nifty holiday gift to bestow upon our friends and colleagues. Two years ago, we produced a deck of celebrity mug shot playing cards. Last year it was a ready-for-your-fantasies Bill O'Reilly loofah. We think this year's gift is even hotter: it's "Valerie Flame" hot sauce, the condiment that will "blow your cover." The hot sauce is a nod to one of our favorite 2005 stories, the Valerie Plame/CIA leak scandal. For those of you who don't get the reference, "Valerie Flame" is the name New York Times reporter Judith Miller mistakenly wrote in her notebook when a source first slipped her Plame's name.

Since everyone needs more spice in their life, we're raffling off 20 bottles of the tasty condiment. So, if you're a hot sauce lover, Beltway insider, or you just want to try and get something for free, send an e-mail to thesmokinggun@gmail.com. On January 6, we'll pick names out a hat and send the 20 winners a bottle (a closeup shot of our "Flame" label is below). No purchase necessary, no strings attached, and--of course--we won't use your e-mail address for any covert activities.

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