Photos: On this Day, July 14, 2003 – A CIA operative’s name, Valerie Plame, is leaked to the Washington Post
July 13, 2013
WASHINGTON - JULY 14: Retired CIA employee Valerie Plame Wilson (L) and her husband, former diplomat Joe Wilson, hold a press conference where they announced a lawsuit against senior members of the Bush Administration at the National Press Club July 14, 2006 in Washington, DC. Plame filed suit in U.S. District Court July 13, 2006, charging that Vice President Dick Cheney, his aide, I Lewis "Scooter" Libby, and presidential advisor Karl Rove destroyed her career when they leaked her identity to the press. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ( 71432112CS016_Valerie_Plame )
Former CIA analyst Valerie Plame is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 16, 2007, prior to testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook) ( CIA Leak Congress )
Former CIA officer Valerie Plame, left, and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson take part in a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Friday, July 14, 2006. Plame decided sue Vice President Dick Cheney and presidential adviser Karl Rove because they engaged in a "whispering campaign" to destroy her career. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson) ( CIA LEAK LAWSUIT )
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 5: (FILE PHOTO) Columnist Robert Novak talks on NBC's "Meet the Press" in this file photo from January 5, 2003 during a taping at the NBC studios in Washington, DC. Novak disclosed in an article on July 14 that Valerie Plame, wife of former Iraq Ambassador to Iraq Joseph C. Wilson, is a CIA operative. Wilson, who has been critical of the Bush Administration's handling of intelligence on Iraq, accused the White House of leaking the information in retaliation. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) ( 2543813AW001_novak )
Washington, UNITED STATES: Former CIA covert agent Valerie Plame Wilson testifies 16 March 2007 before the US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. Plame testified on the outing of her name while working as a covert agent for the CIA in 2003. (MANNIE GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was800698 )
Former CIA officer Valerie Plame, left, and her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, arrive for a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington in this July 14, 2006, file photo. Four years after President Bush's State of the Union speech touched off a stormy debate over the threat posed by Iraq, former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is scheduled to go on trial Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, in the CIA leak investigation. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File) ( CIA LEAK )
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 05: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , Chief of Staff for U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, leaves his home in McLean, VA October 5, 2005. Libby is at the center of a federal grand jury inquiry into a government leak of the identity of former undercover CIA Officer Valerie Plame. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) ( 55852068WM004_Cheney_Aide_S )
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 14: White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove (R) emerges from U.S. District Court October 14, 2005 in Washington, DC. Rove appeared before a grand jury investigating the leak of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 55908450WM028_Karl_Rove_At_ )
Former White House aide I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, right, is escorted to a waiting vehicle with his attorney, Theodore Well, center, outside federal Court in Washington, Thursday, June 14, 2007 after a federal judge said he will not delay a 2 1/2-year prison sentence for Libby in the CIA leak case, a ruling that could send the former White House aide to prison within weeks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ( CIA Leak Trial )
Damascus, SYRIA: (FILES) -- A file photo taken 02 January 2005 shows US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage speaking to the press after meeting with Syrian Foriegn Minister Faruq al-Shara in Damascus. Armitage outed CIA operative Valerie Plame to a newspaper reporter, The Washington Post said 29 August 2006 citing a former colleague of Armitage. Washington Post reporter Robert Novak then identified Plame in his newspaper column on July 2003, after getting indirect confirmation of her role from senior presidential adviser Karl Rove. (LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images) ( Par895479 )
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 20, 2008 in Washington, DC. The committee's focus is on reported attempts to cover up the involvement of White House officials in the leak of the covert identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson. (TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Former White House Press Secretary Scott )
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 26: U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (L) and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sit during a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq at the Oval Office of the White House October 26, 2005 in Washington, DC. It's been reported that Cheney told his chief of staff I. Lewis Libby, Jr. the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) ( 56008101AW004_President_Bus )
Charlotte, UNITED STATES: US President George W. Bush speaks on the situation in Iraq during a town hall style meeting at Central Piedmont Community College 06 April 2006 in Charlotte, North Carolina. I. Lewis "Scooter Libby, former top aide to US Vice President Dick Cheney, told prosecutors that Bush authorized the leak in the Valerie Plame CIA leak case, according to court papers. (TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was341087 )
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, UNITED STATES: US President George W. Bush arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland 06 April, 2006, after a trip to North Carolina. Former Chief of Staff to US Vice Presdent Dick Cheney, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, said, according to court papers released 06 April, he spoke to New York Times reporter Judith Miller after learning from Cheney that US Bush had authorized intelligence leaks on CIA operative Valerie Plame. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was341278 )
Former CIA agent Valerie Plame, left, and actress Naomi Watts, right, pose on the red carpet for the screening of "Fair Game", at the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Mainz) ( France Cannes Fair Game Premiere )
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 7: Judith Miller (L), a New York Times reporter, and her lawyer Floyd Abrams, a First Amendment expert, walk into the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Court October 7, 2004 in Washington, DC. Miller was found to be in contempt of court for not disclosing a source during an federal investigation federal into the disclosure of the name CIA officer Valerie Plame to the press. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images) ( 51403359BS005_Judith Miller )
WASHINGTON - JULY 06: Reporter Matt Cooper (2nd R) of Time magazine arrives at a U.S. district court with an unidentified woman July 6, 2005 in Washington, DC. Cooper and Judith Miller of the News York Times face jail time if they still refuse to identify their source of a leak on the identity of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame. Cooper has agreed to testify in front of the grand jury investigating the leak. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) ( 53198182AW003_Journalists_J )
From left, former CIA Agent Valerie Plame, her husband Joseph Wilson, actress Liraz Charmi, actor Khaled Nabawy, actress Naomi Watts, director Doug Liman and actor Noah Emmerich arrive for the screening of "Fair Game", at the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) ( France Cannes Fair Game Premiere )
From left, Queen Noor of Jordan, Lawrence Bender and Valerie Plame Wilson arrive for the screening of "Biutiful", at the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) ( France Cannes Biutiful Premiere )
Washington, UNITED STATES: Protesters from MoveOn.org march in front of a building on Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House 19 July 2005, where White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove was attending a fundraising event, calling on US President George W. Bush to fire his top political advisor for allegedly disclosing the identiy of CIA agent Valerie Plame. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was57220 )
Former U.S. CIA Operations Officer, Valerie Plame Wilson and husband Joseph C. Wilson, arrive for the UK film premiere of Countdown to Zero at a central London venue, Tuesday June. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short) ( Britain Countdown to Zero UK Premiere )
Washington, UNITED STATES: Protesters from MoveOn.org march in front of a building on Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House 19 July 2005, where White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove was attending a fundraising event, calling on President Bush to fire his top political advisor for allegedly disclosing the identiy of CIA agent Valerie Plame. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was57228 )
In this film publicity image released by Summit Entertainment, Valerie Plame, left, and director Doug Liman are shown on the set of "Fair Game." (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Ken Regan) ( Film Review Fair Game )
WASHINGTON - JULY 16: Columnist Robert Novak (L) of Chicago Sun-Times speaks as he is interviewed by moderator Tim Russert during a taping of "Meet the Press" at the NBC studios July 16, 2006 in Washington, DC. Novak spoke about his unveiling of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame that triggered the CIA leak investigation. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images for Meet the Press) ( 71440705AW015_Meet_The_Pres )
Former CIA analyst Valerie Plame testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 16, 2007, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (AP Photo/Dennis Cool) ( CIA Leak Congress )
Former U.S. CIA operative Valerie Plame poses for photographers during a photo call for the film "Fair Game" at the 36th American Film Festival, in Deauville, Normandy, France, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) ( France American Film Festival )
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., left, takes questions as she stands with, from left to right: Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, former ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife, former CIA officer Valerie Plame, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( Clinton 2008 )
Former CIA operative Valerie Plame looks up at a television monitor while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 16, 2007, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ( CIA Leak Congress )
From left, executive producers Matt Brown, Bruce Blair, Diane Weyermann, former CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson, Queen Noor of Jordan, executive producer Jeff Skoll, former Prime Minister of Norway Dr. Gro Bruntland, director Lucy Walker, and producer Lawrence Bender attend a press conference for the film "Countdown To Zero", at the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Mainz) ( France Cannes Countdown To Zero Press Conference )
FILE- This Friday, May 9, 2008 file photo shows former CIA officer Valerie Plame as she speaks at an annual "power lunch" hosted by Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky in Chicago. With the release Friday of "Fair Game," the movie based on her infamous 2003 "outing" as a CIA agent, Plame is back in the spotlight. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, FILE) ( The Glamorous Spy )
This artist rendering depicts U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, left, hearing an argument on behalf of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby by appellate attorney Lawrence S. Robbins, center, as Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald listens, bottom right with right hand to chin, in U.S. District Court in Washington, Thursday, June 14, 2007. At far right are depictions of Libby and his defense team; from right to left are: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, attorney William Jeffress, and lead attorney Theodore Wells. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren) ( CIA Leak Case )
WASHINGTON - JULY 14: Former diplomat Joe Wilson (L), and his wife, retired CIA employee Valerie Plame Wilson hold a press conference where they announced a lawsuit against senior members of the Bush Administration at the National Press Club July 14, 2006 in Washington, DC. Plame filed suit in U.S. District Court July 13, 2006, charging that Vice President Dick Cheney, his aide, I Lewis "Scooter" Libby, and presidential advisor Karl Rove destroyed her career when they leaked her identity to the press. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ( 71432112CS008_Valerie_Plame )
NEW YORK - OCTOBER 23: Copies of former United States C.I.A. officer Valerie Plame Wilson book is on display at a book signing event for her autobiography "Fair Game" at the Union Square Barnes andC Noble October 23, 2007 in New York City. Wilson, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, IV, discussed her role in the scandal over Republican lawmakers and journalists who leaked her identity. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ( GYI0050880018.jpg )
NEW YORK - OCTOBER 23: Former United States C.I.A. officer Valerie Plame Wilson attends a book signing event for her autobiography "Fair Game" at the Union Square Barnes and Noble October 23, 2007 in New York City. Wilson, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, IV, discussed her role in the scandal over Republican lawmakers and journalists who leaked her identity. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ( GYI0050879990.jpg )
NEW YORK - APRIL 30: Ambassador Joseph Wilson's long-awaited book, "The Politics of Truth," is seen in a Barnes and Noble store April 30, 2004 in New York City. The book attempts to identify which administration official leaked the name of his wife Valerie Plame as a CIA operative. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ( 50783747MT002_book )
Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, and husband of CIA operative Valerie Plame, speaks to a student at Northeastern University in Boston Monday, Nov. 21, 2005, while signing his book entitled "The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies That Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity." (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) ( WILSON NORTHEASTERN )
CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 20: The cast and crew depart the "Fair Game" Premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2010 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images) ( 60510620 )
Washington, UNITED STATES: Protesters chanting "Some things should never leak, fire Karl Rove" demonstrate outside the US District Court House where White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove is testifying before the grand jury for the fourth time 14 October, 2005, in Washington, DC. The grand jury is investigating who in the government leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame and whether any crime was committed as a result. (TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was132180 )
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