[RDangerfield]

Who leaked the name of the agent to Robert Novak and why? To punish Wilson? Senator Leahy was guilty of leaking and was punished, but is it ok to endanger CIA operatives if the leak is in defense of the party in power? Disturbing.
--Raoul

[swheats]

You were the only one I know that even mentioned her in all of this. By the time big news gets it, it's old already.

[Mo1]

Check out any of Wilson's bio's and it mentions her name

http://www.mideasti.org/html/bio-wilson.html

[nopardons]

Palme and Wilson are VERY partisan Dems and if the disclosure of her name will keep her out of the field, THANK GOD , say I. Neither husband or wife has helped anything; they've only hindered and made one HUGE mess of it all.

The president and his administration don't leak . To even imply that they did, is disengenuous at best.

[FreeLibertarian]

but is it ok to endanger CIA operatives if the leak is in defense of the party in power? Disturbing.

No it is not ok! This should be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. If found guilty, the responsible parties should face the maximum penalty possible. If that means death due to treason so be it.

[swilhelm73]

Notice the article doesn't mention novak is a *paleo*, anti-war conservative? A rather unlikely conduit for the Bush administration...

Could this be just yet another part of Wilson's scheme?

[William McKinley]

"If what the two senior administration officials said is true," Wilson said carefully,

Strangely, I don't see him confirming anything. As a matter of fact, the author says this:

Intelligence officials confirmed to Newsday

but the article makes it clear neither quite did confirm that:

Wilson and a retired CIA official said Monday that the "senior administration officials" who named Plame had, if their description of her employment was accurate,

and

"If what the two senior administration officials said is true,"

[Mr. Bird]

Intelligence officials confirmed to Newsday Monday that Valerie Plame, wife of retired Ambassador Joseph Wilson, works at the agency on weapons of mass destruction issues in an undercover capacity

OK, so Newsday is whipping up a frenzy over Novak, but how is this story any different than his? Since when do "intelligence officials" confirm undercover assets? Since when do established media organizations print such things?

The evidence is in: this is much ado about absolutely nothing.

[CaptRon]

There is another thread floating around FR from the website that monitors the falsehoods Paul Krugman's articles which indicates that this woman was not necessarily a "covert" agent. Another story blown out of proportion by the left.