Valerie Plame

:This article deals with the individual. For focus on the political scandal, see Plame affair

Plame affair

In the first official criticism of the plan to invade Iraq during late 2002, Joseph C. Wilson, —Plame's husband and a Bush administration official —publicly criticized the administration for using demonstrably unreliable documents (Yellowcake forgery) to make its case against Iraq.

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Official criticism of the plan to invade Iraq - Joseph C. Wilson - Bush administration - Yellowcake forgery

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Plame's identity as a covert CIA agent was illegally revealed to Robert Novak, Judith Miller, and other administration-connected media personalities. Novak was the first to publicly expose the information —only eight days after Wilson's editorial criticising the administration use of forged documents.

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CIA - Robert Novak - Judith Miller

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The revelation of Plame's identity —allegedly by Bush administration officials in response to Wilson's criticism of the "Yellowcake documents" —is the basis for the "Plame affair" (aka. "CIA leak scandal") and an ongoing criminal investigation into the source of the leak which "outed" Plame.

Related Topics:
Bush administration - Yellowcake documents - Plame affair

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