Thanks. Yes, she and I have discussed that and how to interpret it--there was a thread on it here where I posted some comments. It seemed to me like Foley was disassociating himself from any direct supervisory authority for Plame's actions, but his comment didn't really give enough information to determine whether he had any indirect authority over her in the chain of command, and unfortunately he indicated that he did not want to be contacted for follow-up comments that might clarify this.
James Gordon Meek and Kenneth Bazinet of the New York Daily News quoted a former CIA counterterrorism official who told them that Plame “ran intelligence operations overseas” for the Agency’s counterproliferation center, “recruiting agents, sending them to areas where they could access information about proliferation matters, weapons of mass destruction.” Contrary to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s reporting, former CIA official Vincent Cannistraro said that Plame worked undercover for the Center for Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control, or WINPAC. Politics of Truth ForwardWe probably wouldn't agree on much on the politics of the Plame Leak, but I want to say I think you did a fantasic job with this research.