Fitzgerald was appointed to investigate this matter in December of '03; Wilson had the media into his home in July '03.
I don't remember when Novak wrote his original column. Or for that matter, when Corn wrote HIS first column which outted the non-covert Valerie.
The original Novak colummn was published on July 14th. The media open house took place a week earlier on the 4th. Wreckless tradecraft for even a phony spook.