[Praxeologue]

At least a couple of people have noted that, in the context of the question he was answering, this appeared to be what he was saying.

Valerie wasn't clandestine at the time of Rove's conversation with Cooper, or for more than five years before it, and Wilson knew it.

So what does it matter what the context of the question was? I guess you think an admission of the obvious is important to some hear.

[lugsoul]

If you have to ask why the question matters when you are assessing what the answer means, there's really no point in us having this conversation.

Just stop and think about it for one second - Wolf was asking him about whether it was 'inappropriate' to do a photo shoot for VF with his wife who was "a clandestine agent," and he replied that she wasn't a clandestine agent on the day - on the day, not before the day - that Novak published his column.

Wolf was NOT asking her if she was a clandestine agent at or before the time of the Novak column. He was asking a question about her being 'clandestine' when they did the photo shoot and whether that was appropriate.

When Wolf DID ask whether she was clandestine before Novak published, he wouldn't comment.

I'm just sayin'...

[lugsoul]

Oh, and I think you mean that she wasn't 'covert' as defined by the statute, rather than clandestine. Based on press reports, that may be accurate. But I'm guessing we don't know much of anything about this from info in the press.

The CIA did a referral for some reason. And Fitzgerald has taken two years with it for some reason. It would be odd if all that could've been avoided with a curt conclusion that she didn't fall within the statute.