“When we were subjected to a vicious character assassination campaign orchestrated by senior White House officials and championed by their allies in the right-wing echo chamber, Hillary reached out to us. Her counsel during that tumultuous period was as timely as it was wise.”

American writer and former CIA officer

Valerie Plame is an American writer, novelist, and former Central Intelligence Agency officer. She became widely known as the central figure in the 2003 Plame affair, also called the CIA leak scandal, when her identity as a CIA officer was revealed and then published by Robert Novak of The Washington Post. That episode brought intense public attention and a prolonged media storm. Plame has later described the experience as deeply humiliating and said she remained in shock for years.