Plame's employment was not classified and she was not undercover. If what the left claims is true (which it is blatantly not), that she was covert, (which she was not), then Aldrich Ames should be let out of jail because his actions led to her identity being known by the Soviets.
go to Just One Minute blog--Tom Maguire argues convincingly that Libby always testified to this but his lawyers are pulling a head fake to keep Cheney's name out of this (though there was nothing improper in his knowing) they've leaked that he testified only that he learned the name from other reporters.
What I see out of this whole thing...is bits and pieces. Someone in the CIA screwed up by just linking the husband to her, and then they screwed up by half-admiting what she does for a living. Cheny may have had part of the facts...but where did he get them? And the only answer...leads back to the CIA and the boss then...likely never grasped what he was telling Cheny was really classified.
George Tenet and the Central Intelligence Agency agreed with Colin Powell and the U.S. State Department: ''Iraq has in the past provided training in document forgery and bomb making to al Qaeda. It also provided training in poisons and gases to two al Qaeda associates; one of these associates characterized the relationship as successful. Mr. Chairman, this information is based on solid foundation of intelligence. It comes to us from credible and reliable sources. Much of it is corroborated by multiple sources.'' -George Tenant, Senate Arms Services Committee Testimony, February 12, 2003.