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'''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]].
At the time of her outing, Valerie Plame was a "covert CIA employee for whom the CIA was taking affirmative measures to conceal her intelligence relationship to the United States." <ref>[http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/05/30/plame/ Unclassified Summary of Valerie Wilsons CIA Employment And Cover History]</ref> President Bush appointed special prosecutor [[Patrick Fitzgerald]] to investigate the leak.
At the time of her outing, Valerie Plame was a "covert CIA employee for whom the CIA was taking affirmative measures to conceal her intelligence relationship to the United States." <ref>[http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/05/30/plame/ Unclassified Summary of Valerie Wilsons CIA Employment And Cover History]</ref>
Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft was the head the initial investigation. Justice Department and FBI officials requested a special prosecutor be named over concerns of the veracity of interviews with Karl Rove. Attorney General Ashcroft, having connections to Karl Rove, recused himself from the case and Acting Attorney General James Comey 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.
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.