[Bahbah]

The leak to Novak, apparently intended to discredit Wilson's mission, caused a furor when it turned out that Plame was an undercover agent. It is a crime to knowingly reveal the identity of an undercover CIA official.Was an undercover agent, or had been. I think it's pretty clear, under the terms of the applicable law, that no crime was ever committed. This account says Rove talked to Cooper after the appearance of Novak's story when everybody knew who and what Plame was (and many may have know it before). Then Isikoff goes on to say that Rove had talked to Cooper before the Novak article appeared. What he does NOT say is if it was in the earlier interview that Rove made a remark about Plame and it does not appear that it was. And if it was, then why did Novak break the story and not Cooper?

[Bahbah]

Sorry. I thought my ital tag was off.

[jimboster]

The leak to Novak, apparently intended to discredit Wilson's mission, caused a furor when it turned out that Plame was an undercover agent. It is a crime to knowingly reveal the identity of an undercover CIA official

We're about to see something that's never been seen before, not even in the Olympics- "the triple double back flip" Before the election, in order to cost Bush the presidency, the MSM decided the outing was a crime. Once Bush was re-elected and the special prosecutor started to demand to know who the original source was, the MSM decided the outing was not a crime. Now, if the notes reveal that Rove was the original source, the MSM will once again decide it's not just a crime, but a horrible, heinous, despicable crime.