02/17-30/2002:
Joseph Wilson goes to Niger to investigate
the claims of yellow-cake being sold to Iraq.
01/28/2003:
President Bush says in The State of the Union that the British government has
learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of Uranium
from Africa
06/17/2003:
CIA memo states that there is insufficient evidence to back Iraq-Niger uranium
allegation
06/20/2003:
Wilson tells reporter administration knew Niger claim was "a Flat-Out
Lie"
06/23/2003:
Wilson realizes he must write of his knowledge of Iraq-Niger uranium claim
07/06/2003:
Wilson writes an op-ed that charges the Bush administration with deliberately
lying about Iraq attempts to procure African uranium
07/06/2003:
Wilson discusses his op-ed article on 'Meet the Press
07/07/2003:
White House Press Secretary admits Nigerien uranium claims were
"incorrect"
07/08/2003:
Press reports claim that Cheney did not send Wilson to Niger
07/11/2003:
CIA officially retracts uranium-from-Africa claim
07/14/2003:
Valerie Plame is identified as a CIA operative in an article written by Robert
D. Novak
07/21/2003:
Rove tells news anchor that Plame Wilson is "fair game"
09/26/2003:
FBI begins criminal investigation into Plame Wilson identity leak
10/28/2005:
Libby indicted for perjury, obstruction of justice over outing of CIA officer
07/13/2006:
Plame and her husband sue Cheney, Rove, and Libby
03/06/2007:
Libby guilty of four felony counts
07/02/2007:
Democrats outraged over Libby’s prison commutation, Republicans commend Bush
for letting Libby go free
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