Reply #16: Nice to see something other than the AP Headline: "Plame sheds little light in leak case"

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Plame sheds little light in leak case
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
Associated Press Writer
Mar 17, 8:11 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Valerie Plame put a glamorous face and a personal story to Democrats' criticism of the Bush administration Friday, telling a House committee that White House and State Department officials "carelessly and recklessly" blew her CIA cover in a politically motivated smear of her husband.

Plame, the operative at the center of the leak scandal that resulted in last week's criminal conviction of a former top White House official, created more of a stir by her presence on Capitol Hill than by her testimony.

She revealed little new information about the case, which sparked a federal investigation and brought perjury and obstruction of justice convictions of Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. No one has been charged with leaking her identity.