Back in the United States, Vice President Dick Cheney has reportedly admitted to playing a greater role in the Valerie Plame leak scandal than previously known. Investigative journalist Murray Waas reports Cheney told federal investigators he rewrote White House talking points in a way that made it more likely the news media would uncover Plame’s identity as a covert CIA agent. The talking points emphasized Plame’s role in arranging her husband Joe Wilson’s fact-finding trip to Africa. Wilson later publicly revealed he found no evidence of the Bush administration’s pre-war claim Saddam Hussein sought to acquire uranium from Niger. According to Waas, investigators concluded Cheney failed to plausibly explain why he highlighted Plame’s role without thinking her identity would be revealed.