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Press Still Insists Valerie Plame 'Covert'
A week after Leakgate Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald announced that his investigation had been unable to establish that Valerie Plame was a "covert" CIA agent at the time she was "outed" by columnist Robert Novak, the press continues to refer to her using the bogus term. In the last six days, there have been 261 references to Plame's "covert" status in mainstream media accounts, according to a Lexis Nexis search. The wave of erroneous reporting continues despite Fitzgerald's clear denials during his press conference last Friday after announcing Lewis "Scooter" Libby's indictment. Asked about Plame's "covert" status, Fitzgerald told reporters: "I am not speaking to whether or not Valerie Wilson was covert. And anything I say is not intended to say anything beyond this: that she was a CIA officer from January 1st, 2002, forward . . . We have not made any allegation that Mr. Libby knowingly, intentionally outed a covert agent. We have not charged that. And so I'm not making that assertion." [END EXCERPT]
Story Continues Below Fitzgerald explained instead that Plame's CIA association was "classified," a security status enjoyed by almost everyone who works at the agency. In the two-plus years between Plame's alleged "outing" and Fitzgerald's press conference, there were more than 3,100 false media reports referring to her as a "covert" agent.
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