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Valerie Plame’s claim that Scooter Libby leaked her identity

  • Glenn Kessler, Washington Post
  • Sep 10, 2019
  • 1 min read

Scooter Libby was not the source of the 2003 article that first disclosed CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. (Video: Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)



“I was an undercover CIA operative. My assignment was preventing rogue states and terrorists from getting nuclear weapons. You name a hot spot, I lived it. [images of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan and North Korea] Then Dick Cheney’s chief of staff took revenge against my husband and leaked my identity. His name: Scooter Libby. Guess who pardoned him last year? [image of President Trump]”


Glenn Kessler has reported on domestic and foreign policy for more than four decades.

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