Various news sources are reporting that secret notes of a conversation between Vice President Dick Cheney and Scooter Libby show Cheney was the one who revealed CIA agent Valarie Plame's identity to Libby. Later, Libby leaked Plame's identity to various news sources in retaliation for her husband's anti-Iraq invasion comments. Libby has testafied that he learned Plame's identity from other press sources, and he was therefore not the one responsible for the leak, (a federal offense)."Mr Libby’s notes show that Mr Cheney obtained his information about Ms Plame from George Tenet, then the CIA director, in response to questions about Joseph Wilson, who is Ms Plame’s husband and a former ambassador. Mr Wilson had accused the Bush Administration of twisting prewar intelligence to justify the invasion of Iraq."It's not a huge leap to imagine that Cheney instigated the leak, whether actively or implied.
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