So Tenent put Ms Plame's name in play?
"So Tenent put Ms Plame's name in play?"
He might have just said "wife."
Naturally Cheney would want to know about Wilson. By that time Wilson was leaking to the press that he was sent to Niger at the behest of the VP's office. Wilson also leaked, falsely again, that he debunked something and the Administration was hiding it.
Do you blame Tenat for wanting to know who was behind sending a flunkie like Joe Wilson to Niger on a mission he knew nothin g about?
No, probably not. Instead, Tenet evidently identified her as "Joe Wilson's wife".
Recall that is how everybody seemed to know her and refer to her. Until Bob Novak had the presence of mind to look up Wilson's entry in Who's Who and found that he was married to "the former Valerie Plame".
It turns out she didn't actually go by her maiden name. But, instead, went by Valerie Wilson ever since she'd married our friend, Joe.
But, until Novak identified her, she was known to all the parties only as "Joe Wilson's wife, who works at CIA".