Who besides Robert Novak was involved in the Plame affair?
Plame affair The Plame affair (also known as the CIA leak scandal and Plamegate) was a political scandal that revolved around journalist Robert Novak's public identification of Valerie Plame as a covert Central Intelligence Agency officer in 2003.
Dropmire Dropmire is a surveillance program by the United States's National Security Agency (NSA) aimed at surveillance of foreign embassies and diplomatic staff, including those of NATO allies. The program's existence was revealed in June 2013 by whistleblower Edward Snowden in "The Guardian" newspaper. The report reveals that at least 38 foreign embassies were under surveillance, some of them as far back as 2007.