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Line 1: − 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.+ +
Plame was not covered by the Intelligence Identities Protection Act - so why the "investigation"?
'''Valeria Plame''' is a former [[CIA]] employee whose identity was revealed by [[Richard Armitage]] and 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 identity was revealed by [[Richard Armitage]] and exposed in a column by political writer [[Robert Novak]]. Plame is the wife of [[Joseph Wilson]] and the center of the [[Valerie Plame Affair]].
Although Plame was not covered by the Intelligence Identities Protection Act,<ref>[http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/RobertDNovak/2008/06/02/mcclellan_on_plame]</ref>,
the exposure of her [[CIA]] employment led to the appointment by President Bush of [[Patrick Fitzgerald]] to investigate the matter. The investigation led 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.