Valerie Plame

Valerie Plame is a former CIA operations officer who became widely known after her identity was exposed in a controversy that arose during the George W. Bush administration. Plame's identity was leaked to the press in 2003 as part of a political scandal related to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The leak was seen as an attempt to discredit her husband, Joseph Wilson, who had publicly challenged the Bush administration's claims about Iraq's attempts to acquire nuclear weapons.