Original: Professionally, while a covert CIA officer, she used her given first name and her maiden surname, "Valerie Plame." Since leaving the CIA, as a speaker, she has used the name "Valerie Plame Wilson," and she is referred to by that name in the civil suit that the Wilsons brought against former and current government officials, Plame v. Cheney.
Simplified: JPG thumb (489x599) px right Valerie Plame)) Valerie Elise Plame Wilson, known simply as Valerie Plame, is a former officer of the Central Intelligence Agency and the author of two books related to her career.