2006 Plame affair timeline

1 2006

1.1 february 2006
1.2 june 2006
1.3 july 2006
1.4 august 2006
1.5 september 2006

2006
february 2006

4 february 2006: washington post reports ... court records show libby denied grand jury ever mentioned plame or cia job then-white house press secretary ari fleischer or then-new york times reporter judith miller in separate conversations had each of them in july 2003. records suggest libby did not disclose investigators first spoke miller plame in june 2003, , prosecutors learned of nature of conversation when miller testified late in fall of 2005. article continues, 3 specific allegations contained in redacted sections of u.s. court of appeals opinion released yesterday. opinion analyzed fitzgerald s secret evidence determine whether case warranted ordering reporters testify confidential conversations sources.

june 2006

12 june 2006: special counsel fitzgerald notifies karl rove not indicted.

july 2006

12 july: robert novak publicly states karl rove not primary source of information joseph c. wilson s wife worked cia.
13 july: in lawsuit filed in u.s. district court, valerie plame , husband, joseph c. wilson, former u.s. ambassador, accused cheney, rove , i. lewis scooter libby of revealing plame s cia identity in seeking revenge against wilson criticizing bush administration s motives in iraq.

august 2006

29 august: richard l. armitage, former deputy secretary of state, acknowledges robert novak s primary source valerie plame s cia affiliation.

september 2006

13 september: wilsons civil action, named karl rove, dick cheney, , scooter libby, amended include armitage.
14 september: robert novak publicly disputes details of armitage s disclosures provided in interviews , news reports.




^ more allegations of libby lies revealed , washington post.
^ jim vandehei (14 june 2006). rove not charged in cia leak case, lawyer says . washington post. retrieved 24 november 2013. 
^ yost, pete. novak: rove source in outing plame . archived original on 2006-07-14. 
^ plame sues cheney, rove, libby . usa today. 14 july 2006. 
^ complaint (pdf). washington post. 
^ neil a. lewis (30 august 2006). source of c.i.a. leak said admit role . new york times. retrieved 15 december 2013. 
^ armitage added plame law suit, cbs news september 13, 2006, accessed september 25, 2006; includes pdf. cf. amended complaint @ findlaw.com.
^ robert novak, armitage s leak , washington post 13 september 2006.