Robert Novak

Valerie Plame's CIA Identity Leaked in Retaliation for Wilson's Iraq WMD Criticism

2003-07-14 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Conservative columnist Robert Novak published his ‘Mission to Niger’ column exposing Valerie Plame as a CIA operative, citing ’two senior administration officials’ later identified as Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and White House advisor Karl Rove. The leak was …

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Robert Novak Exposes CIA Operative Valerie Plame

2003-07-14 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Syndicated columnist Robert Novak publicly identified Valerie Plame as a covert CIA operative in his column, revealing her classified status after her husband, Joseph Wilson, criticized the Bush administration’s claims about Iraqi uranium procurement. The leak, attributed to senior …

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