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In a July 14, 2003, column that ran in newspapers across the country, Robert Novak wrote that Joseph Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, was a CIA analyst on weapons-proliferation issues and suggested the trip to Africa was her idea. Novak later said on CNN that his report was based on conversations with two senior administration officials while he was looking into Wilson's Africa trip. The officials told Novak that Wilson's wife had suggested the mission for her husband, the columnist said.
On CNN's "Crossfire" Sept. 29, 2003, Novak, who is also co-host of the program, said the CIA "asked me not to use her name, but never indicated it would endanger her or anybody else. According to a confidential source at the CIA, Mrs. Wilson was an analyst, not a spy, not a covert operative and not in charge of undercover operators."
Novak has refused to say whether he has testified before the grand jury investigating the leak or been subpoenaed. Novak has said he "will reveal all" after the matter is resolved.
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