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Far From CIA Scandal, Wilsons Settle In By DEBORAH BAKER SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - In this liberal-leaning tourist town known for its handmade turquoise- and-silver jewelry, Joseph Wilson has just bought his wife something special in a downtown shop: a red-and-blue pin that reads, "I'm not anti-Bush. I'm pro-intelligence." Wilson and his wife, outed CIA spy Valerie Plame, are finally getting a chance to unwind. Three weeks ago, they arrived at their new 4,600- square-foot hilltop adobe home and have traded in their Jaguar for a pickup truck. Their 7-year-old twins already have found new friends and spotted three...

Richard Armitage knows a stand-up guy when he sees one. On July 14, 2003, the day columnist Robert Novak published his now-famous column identifying Valerie Plame as a CIA “operative,” Armitage — who was Novak’s source — appeared on Fox News’ “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.”Of course Van Susteren didn’t ask Armitage, then the number-two man at the State Department, about his leak to Novak.  Nobody knew it at the time.But she did ask Armitage about the day’s news, which was the controversy over the president’s statement that Iraq had sought to obtain uranium in Africa. It was a...