Plame charms but doesn't leak

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
The Associated Press

Filed 3.16.07, 9:07 PM (ET)

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.

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Photo Captions & Credits: Former CIA analyst Valerie Plame testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 16, 2007, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (AP/Photo)