Intel leakage

CIA Leak Fast Facts

Here's a look at the 2003 CIA leak involving then-operative Valerie Plame and senior members of the George W. Bush administration.

After a lengthy investigation, one member of the Bush administration, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was brought to trial and convicted of obstruction of justice, perjury, and making false statements.

Timeline:
February 2002 - U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson travels to Niger for the CIA.

March 2002 - Wilson tells the CIA he doubts Iraq tried to purchase uranium from Niger.

January 28, 2003 - In his State of the Union speech, President Bush says, "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

June 12, 2003 - According to the New York Times, a conversation takes place between Vice President Dick Cheney and his Chief of Staff Scooter Libby about the identity of Valerie Plame.

June 23, 2003 - According to 2007 testimony by Judith Miller of the New York Times, the date when Scooter Libby revealed to her that the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson may have worked for the CIA...