A senior intelligence official confirmed that Plame was a Directorate of Operations undercover officer who worked "alongside" the operations officers who asked her husband to travel to Niger.But it almost doesn't matter. Unless Novak is lying, these administration officials either revealed the identity of an undercover agent or else implied that somebody was an undercover agent who was not.
The warning effect to (other) undercover agents is the same either way.
And we trust Newaday over Novack because ???
All I know for sure is, Wilson's story from beginning to end smells of DNC .. and that includes his wife