This might have been the original article titled "Columnist Blows CIA Agent's Cover" by Robert Novak
My post was: Posted by muawiyah to princess leah On News/Activism 07/22/2003 2:40 PM EDT #8 of 25" What I said in response to a claim very similar to yours was:
"Nonsense, her life is no more at risk today than it was last week when she was telling her husband, retired career ambassador Wilson, about discussions she knew about between Mr. Foley (her boss) and Mr. Joseph, the gentleman on Condoleeza Rice' staff concerning the suspect "16 words". The Wilson's actions here might well be construed as espionage conducted against the NSC, and that might well put her life at some risk if W decides to prosecute."
So far no one has come up with anything that says that Mrs. Wilson was NOT the source of the information concerning highly confidental discussions between Mr. Foley and Mr. Joseph.
However, Mr. Wilson came up with this stuff at the time, so he must have gotten it from Mrs. Wilson.
Although he appeared on a Sunday morning talking head show and repeated the story given to him by his wife, Mr. Wilson simply was not privileged to receive the information nor to publish it. You and I shouldn't even know about it!
There was a crime here but I don't think it had much to do with blowing Mrs. Wilson's cover.
BTW, they only give you 10 years for this ~ they give you much more for revealing information provided to the IRS. It's not like this is a major crime, and it's probably not the case that anyone has ever gotten the 10 year penalty, if any!