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don't say "operative" because this implies she was an undercover agent whose identify was "blown"
'''Valeria Plame''' is a former [[CIA]] operative whose work there ended when her identity was exposed in a column by political writer [[Robert Novak]]. Plame is the wife of [[Joseph Wilson]] and the center of the [[Valerie Plame Affair]].
'''Valeria Plame''' is a former [[CIA]] employee whose work there ended when her identity was exposed in a column by political writer [[Robert Novak]]. Plame is the wife of [[Joseph Wilson]] and the center of the [[Valerie Plame Affair]].
The exposure of Plame as an active covert [[CIA]] agent led to the appointment by President Bush of Patrick Fitzgerald to investigate the matter, and eventually to the conviction of [[I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Jr.]], former Chief of Staff to Vice President of the United States, [[Richard Cheney]], for perjury to a grand jury, making false statements to federal investigators, and obstruction of justice.
The exposure of Plame as an active covert [[CIA]] agent led to the appointment by President Bush of Patrick Fitzgerald to investigate the matter, and eventually to the conviction of [[I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Jr.]], former Chief of Staff to Vice President of the United States, [[Richard Cheney]], for perjury to a grand jury, making false statements to federal investigators, and obstruction of justice.