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...Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, the intelligence committee's top Democrat, says that's not the point. President Bush's top advisor, Karl Rove, and others who identified Plame as a CIA employee were picking on someone smaller than them, he says. ?If you're among the top three or four people in the top place in Washington-the White House-you have to be incredibly scrupulous,? Rockefeller told TIME. ?It just doesn't set well. When you have a calculated effort to defame a person whom you've never met, I don't think that's forgivable...
...Wilson dismisses the argument that Rove didn't name her, but said she was Wilson's wife. ?Valerie's name has been Valerie Wilson since we married in April of 1998,? he says, ?Her name is Valerie Wilson on her passport; it is Valerie Wilson on her credit cards; it's Valerie Wilson on the mortgage note for this house; and it's Valerie Wilson on her driver's license. So when you say 'Wilson's wife,' you have essentially identified Valerie Wilson, Mrs. Wilson...
...July 11: Rove discusses the same topic with TIME correspondent Matthew Cooper. The same day, CIA Director George Tenet says mea culpa for not cutting the Niger claim from Bush's speech, citing pressure from the National Security Council (NSC). Within days, NSC deputy Stephen Hadley says he forgot seeing two memos from the agency expressing doubts about the intelligence...
...October: As the scandal spreads, White House spokesman Scott McClellan is asked, Did Rove and other White House sources ever discuss Plame with reporters? McClellan: "Those individuals assured me they were not involved in this." Leaking With A Vengeance (10/13/2003...
...July 13: TIME correspondent Cooper testifies, detailing his conversations with Rove. "I testified honestly and openly," says Cooper as he emerges after more than two hours of questioning (see story for his account...