She had not been covert since 1994, when it was suspected that Aldrich Ames gave her name to the Russians. She was then was assigned DC desk duties as an analyst. Her name, was no secret either, having appeared in Wilson's Who's Who in America entry. Crawl back under your rock.
Bob Novak said his calling her an “operative” in his column had no meaning: “I used it indiscriminately. It doesn’t have any meaning and I certainly don’t know what she did for the CIA.”
Wilson “is maxed out as a contributor to John Kerry's presidential campaign,"
“Wilson makes no secret of being a left-leaning Democrat and said yesterday he intends to endorse Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) for President.”
Ambassador Joseph Wilson’s wife, shown at a 1999 state dinner
Joe Wilson, former Acting Ambassador to Iraq, at a Seattle forum in August held by a Democratic Congressman: "At the end of the day, it's of keen interest to me to see whether or not we can get Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs."
It was well known around Washington that Wilson's wife worked for the CIA....Her name, Valerie Plame, was no secret either, appearing in Wilson's "Who's Who in America" entry.
I regret that I referred to her in my column as an "operative," a word I have lavished on hack politicians for more than 40 years. While the CIA refuses to publicly define her status, the official contact says she is "covered" -- working under the guise of another agency. However, an unofficial source at the Agency says she has been an analyst, not in covert operations....
Novak’s July 14 column included this paragraph: “Wilson never worked for the CIA, but his wife, Valerie Plame, is an Agency operative on weapons of mass destruction. Two senior administration officials told me Wilson's wife suggested sending him to Niger to investigate the Italian report. The CIA says its counter-proliferation officials selected Wilson and asked his wife to contact him.”
Robert Novak, which tells us that Valerie Plame's name was included in Joseph Wilson's "Who's Who In America" entry. Recall that Plame is also identified by her maiden name on Wilson's bio webpage.