If everyone in Washington knew Valerie Plame worked for the CIA, it was NOT a secret.
I almost thought the article was going to get the leak right. Where it mentions
“Depending on whom you believe, the leak was (1) an insidious smear by the White House to retaliate against a critic of the Iraq war or (2) mildly interesting gossip.”
Item number (2) should have read, “The White House clarifying the discredited Joe Wilson’s incorrect and lying, partisan statements in his op-ed.”
That would have been more correct.