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Opponents of President's Bush invasion of Iraq, particularly Democrats, accused the White House of "outing" Plame in retaliation for her husband's statement undercutting Bush's invasion rationale.
'''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>,
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> President Bush appointed special prosecutor [[Patrick Fitzgerald]] to investigate the leak.
Opponents of President's Bush [[invasion of Iraq]], particularly Democrats, accused the White House of "outing" Plame in retaliation for her husband's statement undercutting Bush's invasion rationale.
Robert Novak wrote:
Robert Novak wrote:
*Armitage ... says he was mute because of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's request
*Zealous foes of [[George W. Bush]] ... cannot fit Armitage into the left-wing fantasy of a well-crafted White House conspiracy to destroy Joe and Valerie Wilson. The news that he, and not [[Karl Rove]], was the leaker was devastating for the left. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091301572.html]
*Zealous foes of [[George W. Bush]] ... cannot fit Armitage into the left-wing fantasy of a well-crafted White House conspiracy to destroy Joe and Valerie Wilson. The news that he, and not [[Karl Rove]], was the leaker was devastating for the left. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091301572.html]