CIA Leak Scandal Timeline

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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The CIA leak scandal timeline (also known as the CIA leak case timeline, the Plamegate scandal timeline, and the Plame affair timeline) pertains to the controversy leading to the CIA leak grand jury investigation and ensuing criminal trial United States v. Libby, following Robert Novak's public disclosure of the then-still classified covert identity of United States Central Intelligence Agency officer Valerie Plame Wilson (known as the "CIA leak scandal" and also known as "Plamegate" and the "Plame affair"). Valerie Plame Wilson is the wife of former U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, author of a controversial op- ed entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa" published in The New York Times on July 3, 2003, questioning the accuracy of the George W. Bush administration's rationale for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Responding to that op-ed, Robert Novak publicly revealed Wilson's wife to be a CIA "operative" named "Valerie Plame" in his Washington Post column on July 14, 2003. Between 2003 and 2007, the United States Department of Justice directed the U.S.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786130665517
• ISBN-10: 6130665512
• Artikelnr.: 28964686