Friday, October 28, 2005

Did Cheney and Libby Orchestrate the Outing of Valerie Plame?

By the time Libby met with Official A, he had already told Judith Miller about Valerie Plame.

On June 11 or 12, an Undersecretary of State (John Boolton) told Libby about Valerie Plame. At the same time, a CIA officer told Libby about Wilson's wife, and that she sent him to Niger.

On or around June 12, 2003, Libby and Cheney had a meeting in which Cheney told Libby that Wilson's wife worked for the CIA. Cheney had learned this from the CIA. They were discussing how to respond the upcoming Washington Post article by Walter Pincus, published June 12.

Two days later Libby discussed with a CIA debriefer Valerie Wilson, and expressed his anger at the stories that were coming out.

On June 19 the article in "The New Republic" came out.

Right after that, he and his Principal Deputy talking rebuting Wilson in the press.

On June 23, Libby told Judith Miller about Wilson's wife.

So here's my question:

In their meeting on June 12, 2005, or at any time prior or thereafter,
did Vice President Dick Cheney and Scooter Libby ever discuss disclosing
the fact that Valerie Plame worked at the CIA with a member of the press?

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