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BBC

Bbc: Charged Aide Quits Cheney Office

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC article that discusses the indictment of Scooter Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice in the investigation of the Valerie Plame CIA leak. Video, links to other resources, and information on the indictment accompany this...
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BBC

Bbc: Cia Leak Probe: Key Players

For Students 9th - 10th
Background of the key players in the Valerie Plame scandal provided by the BBC.
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Primary
BBC

Bbc: Libby Indictment [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source document describes the moment when Scooter Libby was indicted in 2003 for obstruction of justice, false statements, and perjury.
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Former Ambassador Blames White House for Leak

For Students 9th - 10th
In this September, 2003, interview, Joseph Wilson, husband of Valerie Plame, blames the White House for leaking that his wife was a CIA operative. He also discusses Robert Novak, the reporter whose column started the scandal.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Bush 'Approved Intelligence Leak'

For Students 9th - 10th
In an April 2006 testimony, Scooter Libby states that President George W. Bush authorized the leak of classified material to the media to defend the invasion of Iraq. Libby is accused of leaking the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame to...
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BBC

Bbc: Q&a: The Cia Leak Case

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this thorough Q&A article on the Valerie Plame CIA leak scandal of 2006. (9 September 2006)
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Article
CBS

Cbs News: The Exposure of Valerie Plame

For Students 9th - 10th
This enlightening CBS News report focuses on the Valerie Plame scandal and the outcomes of the leaking of her name to the press. This report is from October, 2005.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: u.s. Officials 'Betrayed' Cia Agent

For Students 9th - 10th
Valerie Plame contends that she was betrayed by the White House when it was leaked to the press that she was a CIA agent. She contends that it was in response to critical remarks made by her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson....
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Bush Welcomes Probe of Cia Leak

For Students 9th - 10th
February, 2004: CNN reports on the reaction to President George W. Bush to the announcement that the Justice Department would investigate the revealing of Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA operative. There is also some history of the...
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Novak: 'No Great Crime' With Leak

For Students 9th - 10th
The author of the column at the center of the Valerie Plame CIA leak scandal, Robert Novak, defends his article, the White House, and says there was no crime committed in this October, 2003, article.
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Cheney's Top Aide Indicted

For Students 9th - 10th
Article dated 10/29/2005 states that the CIA Leak investigation now involves a top Cheney aide: Lewis Scooter Libby.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Cheney Sued in Cia Identity Case

For Students 9th - 10th
Valerie Plame and her husband announce they are suing Vice-President Dick Cheney and two other White House officials for the disclosure of her name as a CIA operative in 2006. A video report and other resources accompany this article.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Rove 'Will Not Face' Leak Charges

For Students 9th - 10th
This June 2006 report explains that White House aide Karl Rove did not face charges in the Valerie Plame scandal. Rove was accused of leaking Plame's name as a CIA operative. Links to other Valerie Plame scandal sources accompany this...
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BBC

Bbc: Bush Aide 'Is Source of Cia Leak'

For Students 9th - 10th
White House official Karl Rove is accused of being a source in the Valerie Plame CIA leak scandal in this article from July, 2005. Rove denies being behind the leak. A timeline and links to other resources of the Valerie Plame scandal...
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BBC

Bbc: Cia Agent's Husband Attacks Rove

For Students 9th - 10th
Joseph Wilson criticizes Karl Rove and the Bush administration for their alleged involvement in leaking Valerie Plame's name to the media. The plight of Judith Miller, the journalist who was jailed for not giving up her source in this...
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Bush 'Supports' Embattled Adviser

For Students 9th - 10th
President George W. Bush's statement that he supported White House aide Karl Rove at the center of the Valerie Plame CIA leak scandal. The case of jailed journalist Judith Miller is also chronicled. Plame affair timeline and links to...
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BBC

Bbc: Us Reporter Jailed in Cia Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
Judith Miller, reporter for the New York Times, is jailed for contempt of court for failing to testify in the Valerie Plame CIA leak investigation. (July, 2005)
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BBC

Bbc: Profile: Joseph Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
Profile of Joseph Wilson, the husband of Valerie Plame, whose name was leaked by the White House as a CIA agent, sparking a scandal. (20 October 2005)
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Plame Suit Makes Political Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from July 2006 reports on the Valerie Plame suit against White House officials for leaking her name as a CIA agent to the press.
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Handout
PBS

Common Dreams: What I Didn't Find in Africa 7/6/2003

For Students 9th - 10th
Article written by Ambassador Wilson about his fact finding mission to Africa in order to determine whether Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger.
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Article
CBS

Cbs News: Ny Times Details Miller Testimony

For Students 9th - 10th
Judith Miller was jailed for not revealing her source for her articles about CIA agent Valerie Plame. This October, 2005, article discusses Miller, Scooter Libby, and the investigation. It also offers a video of today's CBS news.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Profile: Karl Rove

For Students 9th - 10th
Profile of Karl Rove, advisor to President George W. Bush, who was at the center of the Valerie Plame scandal. (13 August 2007)
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Profile: Lewis 'Scooter' Libby

For Students 9th - 10th
Profile of former aide to Vice-President Dick Cheney who leaked the name of Valerie Plame, igniting the CIA leak scandal. (3 July 2007)
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Website
NBC

Nbc News: Libby Lawyers Oppose Cheney Notes

For Students 9th - 10th
In this May, 2006 article, NBC reports that Scooter Libby is trying to prevent prosecutors from submitting notes from Vice-President Dick Cheney in his trial. The notes were written on an article from Valerie Plame's husband, Joseph...