By: Joe Strupp Joseph Wilson, the husband of former CIA agent Valerie Plame, urged The Washington Post on Monday night to investigate the conduct of Bob Woodward and his role in the leaking of Plame's name to the news media, according to The Boston Globe.
Speaking at Northeastern University, Wilson called on the Post to conduct an inquiry similar to the one The New York Times recently undertook related to its reporter, Judith Miller, the Globe reported today.
"I think it would be useful for The Washington Post to do an inquiry, like The New York Times," Wilson said during the event at Northeastern's Blackman Auditorium, according to the Globe.
Woodward revealed last week that a White House official had disclosed Plame's identity to him in 2003, just weeks before columnist Robert Novak revealed the name in print. The Post also has revealed that Woodward failed to tell his editors of the information until last month.
The Globe said Wilson, a former ambassador and diplomat, spoke in front of several hundred Northeastern students and later signed copies of his book about the leaking of his wife's identity.
Wilson also told the Boston paper that he and his wife had different reactions to the leak when it occurred. "Initially, he cursed and ranted privately about the disclosure," the Globe reported. "Valerie, on the other hand, said she felt like she had been kicked in the stomach," Wilson told the paper. But, it reported, "She moved quickly to salvage what operations and relationships she could."
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