Yep, this is where they lost me too.
My question all along has been what could Bush/Rove/Libby, et al, possibly gain politically by "outting" this CIA analyst?
(Note: I didn't say "Operative" because nothing I've read supports the notion that she ever was one and if she was and there are more like her up at CIA HQ, God help us all!)
IIRC, she was some sort of "operative" in the early-mid 90's. She was brought back to the states in the mid 90's when Aldrich Ames (?) outed a bunch of CIA Ops. She has NOT been a "covert" agent since.
This has been nothing more than another witch hunt, at the taxpayer's expense.