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My logic is
Covert officers work in the Directorate of Operations
Valerie Plame Wilson worked in the Directorate of Operation
She had enough power to participate in important decision-making
She and her husband say she was covert
ergo Valerie Plame Wilson very likely was, or had been, covert.

Your logic is still faulty. The director of the DO has more power than she, and he is not covert. And ignoring that, after 22 months of investigation, the special prosecutor disagrees with your assessment. Your position is untenable. In fact, you have no position.

She had enough power to participate in important decision-making
You have been arguing in your previous posts that she did NOT participate in the important decision making.
Which is it?

She and her husband say she was covert
I have not seen where she says she was covert, but her husband has already been caught in at least three lies. His statements are worthless.

From : CNN Inside Politics

( .... VIDEO CLIP)

ROBERT NOVAK, CO-HOST: According to a confidential source at the CIA, Mrs. Wilson was an analyst, not a spy, not a covert operative, and not in charge of undercover operatives. So what is the fuss about, pure Bush-bashing?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

ZAHN: You want to answer that question? Is this Bush-bashing on your part?

WILSON: Let me make a couple of points about that.

First of all, Novak also said that I was a Clinton appointee. In actual fact, my first political appointee was as ambassador. And I was appointed by George H.W. Bush, the first President Bush. So I really am apolitical in all of this.

Secondly, somebody with Novak's self-described 46 years experience will know the difference between operative and analyst. And his report clearly says -- his article says operative.

ZAHN: So what does that mean?

WILSON: That means that I think that he knew and he was told that she was a CIA operative, which means that they come under the branch of the CIA that deals with clandestine operations.

Highlighted portions:
1. Regardless of who appointed him over 12 year prior to the current interview, Wilson was on Kerry's election team. He is activly working to replace Bush with Kerry at the time. Not just planning to vote for someone else, but actively working toward that opponent's election. Hardly apolitical.

2. Wilson, when asked directly, never says his wife is covert. He implies that we should infer from Novak's experience level, and from her branch that she was covert. He calls her an operative, then defines that as a member of the Directorate of Operations only, not as being covert.