Talk:Plame affair/intro

The Plame affair was a legal and political controversy over:
 * who leak (politics)ed the fact that she was employed by the CIA?
 * was this 'leak' a crime?
 * was it done at the behest of the White House?
 * was it done to discredit, intimidate or punish somebody?

Some people said that Bush Administration officials illegally revealed classified employment information about Valerie Plame (wife of former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson.

Some people said that Plame was a covert operative of the United States  Central Intelligence Agency investigating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Wilson said that the White House outed his wife and that this was a crime.