On July 12, 2003, “The Washington Post and other newspapers received the latest column from Robert Novak …’[Former Ambassador Joe] Wilson never worked for the CIA, but his wife, Valerie Plame, is an agency operative on weapons of mass destruction. Two senior administration officials told me that Wilson’s wife suggested sending him to Niger to investigate the Italian report.’ ”
– Michael Isikoff and David Corn, Hubris, Page 278