And how much of that do you suppose is actually true?
Valerie worked undercover for the CIA in several overseas assignments and in areas related to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
That slid by kind of neatly. Valerie hasn't been on an official overseas assignment since 1994, and worked at a desk in Washington.
Although there were suggestions that she was behind the decision to send me to Niger, the CIA told Newsday just a week after the Novak article appeared that "she did not recommend her husband to undertake the Niger assignment." The CIA repeated the same statement to every reporter thereafter.
From the indictment announcement:
...on or about June 11, 2003, Libby was informed by a senior officer of the CIA that Wilson’s wife was employed by the CIA and was believed to be responsible for sending Wilson on the trip.
Somebody at the CIA has a bit of trouble keeping the story straight.
More on that from this story on the Senate Intelligence Committee report.
And excuse me if I can't marshall a lot of sympathy for someone who has parlayed his "27 months in hell" into a high-profile career and book sales.