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Monday, December 19, 2005

Who first outed CIA operative Valerie Plame?

A) Joseph Wilson (to journalists, lobbyists) October 15, 2003.
B) Knut Royce, Timothy M. Phelps (Newsday) July 22, 2003.
C) Robert Novak (Chicago Sun-Times) July 14, 2003.
D) Lewis Libby (to Judith Miller) July 12, 2003.
E) Unamed Official (to Bob Woodward) mid-June, 2003.
F) Valerie Plame (to Wilson "on third or fourth date") Spring, 1997.


Correct Answer: (F). This information was publicly verified by Joseph Wilson in Vanity Fair, January, 2004.


Note: Valerie Plame was not punished for her intentional and unauthorized disclosure (which might have endangered CIA "assets"); Joseph Wilson was not punished for failing to report Plame's violation, even though his failure to act violated the terms of the security clearance that he held at the time.