Don't be fooled: Valerie Plame's ad is CORRECT. Scooter Libby did out her to reporters --
despite what R's are now claiming.
Mutiple Bush officials outed her at around the same time. Just because Armitage has admitted his role in Plame's outing doesn't exonerate the others who were involved. The passage below is by David Corn.
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-nation/special-report-misled-alleged-roles-armitage-rove-and-libby-cia-leak-case?redirect_source=/research/2006/08/29/special-report-misled-on-the-alleged-roles-of-a/136502
The Armitage leak was not directly a part of the White House's fierce anti-Wilson crusade. But as Hubris notes, it was, in a way, linked to the White House effort, for Amitage [sic] had been sent a key memo about Wilson's trip that referred to his wife and her CIA connection, and this memo had been written, according to special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, at the request of I. Lewis Scooter Libby, the vice president's chief of staff. Libby had asked for the memo because he was looking to protect his boss from the mounting criticism that Bush and Cheney had misrepresented the WMD intelligence to garner public support for the invasion of Iraq.
The memo included information on Valerie Wilson's role in a meeting at the CIA that led to her husband's trip. This critical memo was -- as Hubris discloses -- based on notes that were not accurate. (You're going to have to read the book for more on this.) But because of Libby's request, a memo did circulate among State Department officials, including Armitage, that briefly mentioned Wilson's wife.
Armitage's role aside, the public record is without question: senior White House aides wanted to use Valerie Wilson's CIA employment against her husband. Rove leaked the information to Cooper, and Libby confirmed Rove's leak to Cooper. Libby also disclosed information on Wilson's wife to New York Times reporter Judith Miller.
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