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who said she was a covert agent? See undercover agent
'''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]].
'''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's [[CIA]] employment 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.
In May 2007, Senator Kit Bond, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee asked Plame to explain differences in the various accounts Plame gave to investigators in the Plame Affair.
In May 2007, Senator Kit Bond, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee asked Plame to explain differences in the various accounts Plame gave to investigators in the Plame Affair.