The Exposure Of Valerie Plame

Husband Of Unmasked CIA Agent Says She's Been Threatened

(CBS) 
Wilson confirmed that as a CIA agent, his wife was working to uncover information about weapons of mass destruction. Since she is still an agency employee, Valerie Wilson has been silent. Despite the fact it has been two years since she was exposed, the CIA still won’t comment on the record about the damage.

“Did your wife ask for protection from the agency?” Bradley asked.

“I don't go into security matters. But, you can be sure that we discussed security at great length with various agencies,” Wilson said.

And Wilson says there have been specific threats. “There have been specific threats. Beyond that, I just can't go.”

Former agent Jim Marcinkowski says one of the worst things about the leak is that it gives America’s enemies clues about how the CIA operates. “She is the wife of an ambassador, for example. Now, since this happened, every wife of an ambassador is going to be suspected. Or they'll know there's a possibility that the wife of a U.S. ambassador is a CIA agent.”

“I get the impression you get really angry about what happened,” Bradley asked Melissa Mahle.

“Of course I do, because we're talking about lives and we're talking about capabilities. We do our work. We risk our own lives. We risk lives of our agents in order to protect our country. And when something like this happens, it cuts to the very core of what we do. We're not being undermined by the North Koreans. We're not being undermined by the Russians. We're being undermined by officials in our own government. That I find galling,” Mahle said.

Valerie Wilson still reports to work every day at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. Friends say her status as America’s most famous spy makes it impossible for her to remain in the clandestine service of the CIA, a place where she’s spent her entire working life.

“Have you been in contact with her recently?” Bradley asked Marcinkowski. “Yes,” he replied.

“What has this done to her? How's she handling it?” Bradley asked.

“Well, first of all, CIA people don't like cameras. We don't like publicity. We operate in the background as much as possible. So she's in a very, very uncomfortable spot,” Marcinkowski replied.

“So her career is then definitely been damaged by this?” Bradley asked.

“Her career has been ended,” he said.