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Court Tosses Lawsuit Over CIA Leak

It uphholds dismissal of Plame's case against Cheney, others

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 12, 2008 5:13 PM CDT

(Newser) – A federal appeals court today threw out former CIA spy Valerie Plame's lawsuit against Dick Cheney and a group of former Bush White House officials for leaking her identity to the public. The court ruled that Cheney, Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, and former State Department official Richard Armitage were acting within their official duties when they conspired to reveal Plame's identity to the press, Reuters reports.

Plame was seeking monetary damages, contending that Cheney and the others violated  her constitutional rights and ruined her career by blowing her cover. They did so in retaliation against her husband, ambassador Joe Wilson, who had criticized the Iraq war. In a related criminal investigation, Scooter Libby received 2 1/2 years in prison for perjury and obstruction of justice, but President Bush commuted his sentence.

Former CIA officer Valerie Plame, left, and her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, arrive for a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington in this July 14, 2006, file photo.
Former CIA officer Valerie Plame, left, and her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, arrive for a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington in this July 14, 2006, file photo.   (AP Photo)
Former CIA officer Valerie Plame speaks at an annual power lunch hosted by Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Friday, May 9, 2008, in Chicago.
Former CIA officer Valerie Plame speaks at an annual "power lunch" hosted by Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Friday, May 9, 2008, in Chicago.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
In this 2007 file photo, former CIA analyst Valerie Plame listens to opening statements on Capitol Hill during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing.
In this 2007 file photo, former CIA analyst Valerie Plame listens to opening statements on Capitol Hill during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing.   (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
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