His prison sentence was ultimately commuted by President Bush, and he was pardoned by President Donald Trump in 2018.

"[188], There has been debate over what kinds of damage may have resulted from the public disclosure of Valerie Wilson's identity as a CIA operative in Novak's column and its fallout, how far and into what areas of national security and foreign intelligence that damage might extend, particularly vis-à-vis Plame's work with her cover company, Brewster Jennings & Associates. I did not suggest him. Wilson beweert ook dat de identiteit van zijn vrouw als CIA-agente met opzet gelekt werd aan verschillende journalisten, hetgeen een misdrijf is in de Verenigde Staten. It ended her covert career and set off a political scandal that rocked the Bush/Cheney White House. "Don't go too far out on Wilson," Cooper recalled Rove saying, adding that Wilson's wife worked at "the agency." "[84], Court documents reveal that in December 2004, Fitzgerald was considering pursuing perjury charges against Rove. "[75][76], Shortly after the publication of Novak's article, Rove also reportedly called Chris Matthews and told him off the record that "Wilson's wife is fair game. After presenting the email to Fitzgerald, Rove writes that "it was as if I'd detonated a bomb in the shabby little room." [184], Attorneys Mark Zaid and Victoria Toensing also testified before the committee. A lot of people love me – or like me. Luskin also testified before the grand jury. WOODWARD: — that have to be a big secret? [40] The New York Times also reported, Mr. Armitage cooperated voluntarily in the case, never hired a lawyer and testified several times to the grand jury, according to people who are familiar with his role and actions in the case. In the Spring of 2019 Plame announced her candidacy for the House. According to Robert Novak, Plame was not covered by the Intelligence Identities Protection Act.[5]. Libby "further testified that he at first advised the Vice President that he could not have this conversation with reporter Miller because of the classified nature of the NIE", but testified "that the Vice President had advised [Libby] that the President had authorized [Libby] to disclose relevant portions of the NIE. Novak replied: If you read my book, you find a certain ambivalence there. In dismissing the civil suit, United States District Judge John D. Bates stated: The merits of plaintiffs' claims pose important questions relating to the propriety of actions undertaken by our highest government officials. The vice president believed he read the Robert Novak column in the newspaper on the day it was published, 7/14/03. Undercover C.I.A. At the end of a lengthy interview conducted in the first week of September 2006, he describes his June 2003 conversation with Woodward as an afterthought: "He said, 'Hey, what's the deal with Wilson?' Eight days after Wilson's July 6 op-ed, columnist Robert Novak wrote about Wilson's 2002 trip to Niger and subsequent findings and described Wilson's wife as an "agency operative". Because of that article, The Washington Post and I received subpoenas last summer from Patrick J. [84][142], The New York Times reporter Judith Miller also claims to have learned Plame's CIA affiliation from Scooter Libby. Bush told reporters: First of all, the Scooter Libby decision was, I thought, a fair and balanced decision. I'm going to say one thing, though, I haven't said before. At the time that Wilson was conducting this research for the Bush administration, his wife Valerie Plame was working for the CIA. WOODWARD: When he was ambassador? [84], Days after Novak's initial column appeared, Matthew Cooper of Time magazine published Plame's name, citing unnamed government officials as sources. "[121], In January 2007, during the first week of Scooter Libby's trial, it was revealed in court proceedings that former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer was granted immunity from prosecution by Patrick Fitzgerald in February 2004. She has subsequently written and published at least two spy novels.

Libby does not dispute that he initially heard about Mrs. Wilson from Cheney, but he claims that he had no recollection of that fact when he told the FBI in October 2003 and the grand jury in March 2004 that he remembered first learning about Mrs. Wilson in a conversation with NBC's Tim Russert on July 10, 2003. [179], On March 8, 2007, two days after the verdict in the Libby trial, Congressman Henry Waxman, chair of the U.S. House Committee on Government Reform, announced that his committee would hold hearings and ask Plame to testify on March 16, in an effort by his committee to look into "whether White House officials followed appropriate procedures for safeguarding Plame's identity."[180]. The government did not oppose this motion, and the Court granted it. [3][26], The Wilsons also brought a civil lawsuit against Libby, Dick Cheney, Rove, and Armitage, in Wilson v. March 23, 2007, Media Matters for America. Valerie sits on the boards of Global Data Security and Starling Trust. To our knowledge, the meaning of the phrase "served outside the United States" in the IIPA has never been litigated. He did not pay any particular attention to Novak's disclosure of the identity of Valerie Wilson, and he does not know how Novak might have received such information. Leak Said to Admit Role", "Transcript of General Hayden's Interview with WTOP", "Plame Was 'covert' Agent At Time of Name Leak", "Plame's Input Is Cited on Niger Mission", "Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence (PDF)", "Statement by George J. Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence", "Plamegate Finale: We Were Right; They Were Wrong", "Bush Says He'll Fire Any Aide Who 'Committed a Crime, "Role of Rove, Libby in CIA Leak Case Clearer", "SPECIAL COUNSEL IS NAMED TO HEAD INQUIRY ON LEAK", "Libby Found Guilty of Perjury, Obstruction", "Libby Lawyer Demands New Trial After Conviction", "Statement in Response to Jury's Verdict in U.S. v. I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby", "Plame's Suit Against Top Officials Dismissed", Joseph and Valerie Wilson Legal Support Trust, "Statement on Ambassador Joseph and Valerie Wilsons' Appeal Filed on July 20", "US court won't resurrect lawsuit in CIA leak case", "Brief for the United States in Opposition", "Supreme Court Ends Plame Case Against Cheney, Libby, Bush Officials", "Crew Issues Statement on Supreme Court's Refusal to Hear Wilson Lawsuit", "What Valerie Plame Really Did at the CIA", "First Source of C.I.A. [31], Judge Bates ruled that the "plaintiffs have not exhausted their administrative remedies under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which is the proper, and exclusive, avenue for relief on such a claim."