[Shermy]

The idea that Clarke was the leaker to Novak during a "long (boozy?) conversation is plausible since Clarke could have been fairly described, then, as both a "senior administration" and "no partisan gunslinger."

And how about the often overlooked leak to Newsday?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/950676/posts

"Intelligence officials confirmed to Newsday yesterday that Valerie Plame, wife of retired Ambassador Joseph Wilson, works at the agency on weapons of mass destruction issues in an undercover capacity - at least she was undercover until last week when she was named by columnist Robert Novak..."

Clarke could have also been fairly described as an "intelligence official". Though Newsday implies there was more than lone that leaked to them.

And we know Clarke is Gabby and self-important....

Just a theory...thanks Piasa!

[okie01]

Alan Foley is likely one of Newsday's "intelligence officials".

The self-important Richard Clarke is almost certainly one of Novak's sources.

Another "Bingo!" for you...

Note that this assessment also ties Clarke into the Wilson-Plame imbroglio. In the end, Novak's leaker actually assisted Wilson and the left in elevating the affair from a curiosity into a "scandal".

Did Novak's leaker do this by accident? Or was it intentional?

In other words, just how long has Clarke been on Wilson's "team"? And how was he recruited?

[Just mythoughts]

"The idea that Clarke was the leaker to Novak during a "long (boozy?) conversation is plausible since Clarke could have been fairly described, then, as both a "senior administration" and "no partisan gunslinger.""

May be, I have no way of knowing.