Why couldn't she just keep on doing the job she was doing?
NO REASON.
Ya know, I think we'd better anticipate a war on all fronts. There's going to be treachery around every corner .. non-stop from here forward.
I think thomas.gov and the Library of Congress are going to be our friends. We need to learn to use them. Here's what comes up under valerie plame wilson:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?i108:I09342:i108PICKETT.html