Eva --- Notice that the writer states, as did Fitzgerald,
that her status was "classified", not that her status was "covert".
They aren't the same thing, and Fitzgerald and the press knew that very well, when they started this whole thing.
Other FReepers said these very things months ago, almost a year, actually. They were ignored or ridiculed at the time. Much like your comments here have been.
The other thing I want to know is why all the "fiscal conservatives" are not jumping up and down about the MILLIONS of taxpayer dollars that were spent in 3 years on a non-crime of a non-outing of a non-covert employee that 100's of people knew about?
Then of course there is the attack on the President and his administration in an attempt to sway an election, turn the public trust against him and create a diversion of serious matters that need addressed.
I've been wondering why Bill Kristol has not weighed in on this sham of an investigation that was allowed to continue, due to the malice and cowardice of his boys, Powell and Armitage. Kristol, though a vocal war supporter, has backed off his enthusiasm for the Bush administration, of late. I have suspected that he was returning to the McCain camp in preparation for 2008. I heard somewhere that McCain had been courting Powell and Armitage.