With the CIA constantly being on the wrong side of the facts Valerie began to worry that hher job was in jeopardy. So she found a rich diplomat (Joe Wilson) to support her. Joe then made her cover useless by marrying her so she got a paper pushing job at Langley. In retaliation for cutbacks at the CIA They sent Wilson on a foreign mnission which he screwed up as planned. Then they planted a company phone directory in Novak's office. When Novak found that valerie had been an agent they sprung the trap blaming it on Rove. The rest is history (cia-style).