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Yes, but why should he be cleared for anything, once he had been debriefed?

If he had had further official or unofficial operative status shouldn't he have had to sign some kind of secrecy agreement? That would have made it impossible / illegal to publish the information he received, so it is quite unlikely.

I've never understood why Wilson reacted so furiously to Novak's article. If I remember correctly Novak didn't out "Wilson's source", just pointing out that it was his wife who had suggested his name for the Niger trip. It seemed extremely unlikely that that info would put her in any danger what so ever, and I would have thought that most sane people would come to the same conclusion. Especially since it seemed to be a common knowledge that Valerie Plame worked at Langley.

But given the fact that information had found its way to Wilson, Novak's article did pose a real threat - a threat to both him and her. I mean compare the information Wilson apparently received (from somewhere) and the AIPAC case. Indictment would have waited round the corner -

- unless he went on the attack, and was fortunate to be found useful by what appears to be rogue elements within the CIA, who found this affair to be useful in covering up their own shortcomings prior to and after the Iraq invasion.