Mr Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, was a covert CIA operative.

威尔逊的妻子瓦莱丽∙普莱姆(Valerie Plame)曾是中情局的秘密特工。

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In 2003, journalist Robert Novak reported that Valerie Plame was a CIA agent, ending her career as a covert operative.

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The government claimed the state secrets privilege, saying that even to argue that issue would bring up state secrets, because he was a covert operative.

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