Valerie Plame WILSON and Joseph C. Wilson, IV, Appellants
v.
I. Lewis LIBBY, et al., Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 9, 2008.
Decided August 12, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Erwin Chemerinsky argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Anne L. Weismann and Melanie T. Sloan.
Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Attorney, Mark B. Stern and Charles W. Scarborough, Attorneys, Michael L. Waldman, John G. Kester, Terrence O'Donnell, Robert D. Luskin, William H. Jeffress Jr., and Alex J. Bourelly. Richard Montague, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Jeffrey A. Lamken, entered appearances.
John G. Kester and Terrence O'Donnell were on the brief for appellee Vice President Richard B. Cheney.
Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
SENTELLE, Chief Judge:
In his 2003 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush reported that "[t]he British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."1 Those sixteen words set off a series of events which resulted in the disclosure of Valerie Plame Wilson's previously covert status at the Central Intelligence Agency. Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband, Joseph C...
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