Here is a little more background info on Valerie Plame I though you all may be interested in.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/printedition/chi-0310120382oct12,1,7703279.story?coll=chi-printnews-hedsnip----------
WASHINGTON -- One evening this summer, former diplomat Joseph Wilson sat amid the African-themed decor of his spacious Washington home, sipping a glass of beer and talking about a trip he took to Niger for the CIA. His wife, Valerie, was in the kitchen, preparing chicken for a cookout and arranging red, white and blue napkins.
Suddenly a giggling boy streaked nude into the living room and jumped into his father's lap. Bath time was nigh. Valerie Wilson rounded up the towheaded 3-year-old and his twin sister, efficiently taming the household whirlwind.
When Valerie Wilson--her maiden name is Plame--introduced herself to a reporter in her home on July 3, there was no hint she was anything other than a busy mother with an unflagging smile.
She talked a bit about the joys and challenges of twins, then faded into the background.
One might have thought her to be a financial manager, maybe a real estate agent, but never a spy. Few knew her secret: At 22, Plame joined the CIA and traveled the world on undercover missions.
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She seems like a wonderful and very accomplished lady and her husband is obviously of high quality as well. THESE people are patriots who have served their/our country with honor and dignity and by what they are going through now, continue to do so.