http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060502...s_060502231435

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former undercover
CIA agent
Valerie Plame, whose outing sparked a major scandal rocking the White House, was working to track
Iran's nuclear program before her name was revealed in 2003, according to US media.
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MSNBC television reporter David Shuster said Monday that leaking of her identity as a CIA spy to reporters damaged the US effort to follow what Washington believes are Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons.

"Intelligence sources say Valerie Wilson was part of an operation three years ago tracking the proliferation of nuclear weapons material into Iran.

"And the sources allege that when Mrs. Wilson's cover was blown, the administration's ability to track Iran's nuclear ambitions was damaged as well," Shuster said on the "Hardball" program.

The same report was made earlier on the investigative website Raw Story, which cited unnamed intelligence officials as saying Plame's outing "carries grave implications for US national security."