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5:25 p.m. June 10, 2003: CIA Spokesman Speaks with Vice Presidential Aide; May Divulge Plame Wilson’s Identity

2003-06-10 5:25 p.m.

CIA spokesman Bill Harlow speaks twice to Vice President Dick Cheney’s communications director, Cathie Martin. Harlow may divulge the fact that Valerie Plame Wilson is a CIA official to Martin during these conversations. [Office of the Vice President, 6/12/2003 pdf file] Harlow is one of the government officials who will ask, fruitlessly, that columnist Robert Novak not make Plame Wilson’s CIA status public (see (July 11, 2003)).