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  1. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, meets with CIA Director Leon Panetta, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010.
  2. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, meets with CIA Director Leon Panetta, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010.
  3. PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 25: (L to R) Director Lucy Walker, Former United States CIA Operations Officer and Author Valerie Plame Wilson and Producer Lawrence Bender attend the 'Countdown to Zero' premiere during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Library Center Theatre on January 25, 2010 in Park City, Utah.
  4. PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 25: (L to R) Director Lucy Walker, Former United States CIA Operations Officer and Author Valerie Plame Wilson and Producer Lawrence Bender attend the 'Countdown to Zero' premiere during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Library Center Theatre on January 25, 2010 in Park City, Utah.
  5. PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 25: Former United States CIA Operations Officer and Author Valerie Plame Wilson (R) and husband former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV attend the 'Countdown to Zero' premiere during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Library Center Theatre on January 25, 2010 in Park City, Utah.
  6. PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 25: Former United States CIA Operations Officer and Author Valerie Plame Wilson (L) and husband former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV attend the 'Countdown to Zero' premiere during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Library Center Theatre on January 25, 2010 in Park City, Utah.
  7. PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 25: Former United States CIA Operations Officer and Author Valerie Plame Wilson (R) and husband former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV attend the 'Countdown to Zero' premiere during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Library Center Theatre on January 25, 2010 in Park City, Utah.
  8. PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 25: Executive Producer Jeff Skoll (L) and former United States CIA Operations Officer and Author Valerie Plame Wilson attend the 'Countdown to Zero' premiere during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Library Center Theatre on January 25, 2010 in Park City, Utah.
  9. CIA Director Leon Panetta leaves the White House after a national security team meeting with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, in Washington.
  10. RNPS YEAR 2009 - Leon Panetta, the nominee for Central Intelligence Agency Director, testifies at his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 5, 2009.
  11. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen, left, talks with CIA Director Leon Panetta as they leave the White House after a national security team meeting with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, in Washington.

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