Novak: Wilson's Wife Not a Covert CIA Agent

NewsMax.com ^ | 9/29/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

The wife of Bush-bashing former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Joe Wilson is apparently not a covert CIA operative or an undercover agent, though she's been described that way repeatedly since the CIA asked for an investigation on how her identity was made public.

According to columnist Robert Novak, who revealed Mrs. Wilson's name in his July 14 column, sources at the CIA expressly told him she was not a spy.

"According to a confidential source at the CIA, Mrs. Wilson was an analyst, not a spy, not a covert operative, and not in charge of undercover operatives," Novak told his audience on CNN's "Crossfire."

"So what is the fuss about?" he asked, then wondered aloud, "Pure Bush-bashing?"

In fact, in a little-noticed line in the initial Washington Post report on the announcement of the CIA's request for an investigation, the paper noted that "the CIA has declined to confirm whether she was undercover."

Still, hours after Novak went public with a clarification of Mrs. Wilson's status, she was described as a "undercover agent" by former White House chief of staff David Gergen in an interview with Fox News Channel's Greta Van Susteren, and as a "covert agent" by MSNBC's Chris Matthews.

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[Samwise]

Don't confuse people with the facts.

[bethelgrad]

this whole thing is such crap. i truly hope next fall will nail the coffin shut on the Bush-Bashers.

[Ann Archy]

I am so damn fed up with Fox News I could spit.....where the hell is the FAIR and Balanced???? It's turned into nothing but left wing nuts.

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP - BUSH BASHING ALERT

[Cate]

nuh huh.... she reallly truly was an operative....hahahahaa..geez... how the truth gets distorted, eh?

[stylin19a]

1. Why did Novak wait so long to come out with this and...
2. David freaking Gergan ?? How crappy is this article not to mention Gergan wasn't chief of staff for GWBush ?

[Humidston]

According to....
Apparently not....

So can we get a definitive answer anytime soon?? YES OR NO for heaven's sake! I want to hear it straight from the horse's mouth.

[MHGinTN]

Still, hours after Novak went public with a clarification of Mrs. Wilson's status, she was described as a "undercover agent" by former White House chief of staff David Gergen in an interview with Fox News Channel's Greta Van Susteren, and as a "covert agent" by MSNBC's Chris Matthews. And we're supposed to be surprised by the democrat operatives pushing this democrat lie to the hilt? This smacks of coordinated attack, group bilging, something like the coincidental 'gravitas' useage! Sadly, American voters will swallow the koolaid willingly with the prep and repetition the demonrat operatives will apply. Chuckie Schumer grandstanding for independent investigation tells one all one needs to know to see the whole thing is a trumped up lie by the deceit-filled democrat criminal enterprise. David Korn will now suggest it is time for impeachment, as he fingers his clinton kneepads and recalls the Arkincide listings and his cowardly knees begin to knock together for fear of not fulfilling his master's commands. [If you ask yourself why it has taken months before the dems pressed this, just recall how they tried to create momentum for Clarkbar to blunt Dean and now need to divert attention to sustain the blunting. The clintons are masters of sucking all the air out of a room/campaign, fortunately the doofuses at the DNC have yet to realize how many of their swords are pulled awaiting their suicide group-rush at the altar of clintonligula.]

[E=MC²]

And if plame is (was?) just a CIA analyst, no law was broken "revealing" her occupation. From all the fuss the demonrats are making, I guess that there is no doubt as to which party wilson and plame are affiliated? Sheesh...demonrats are such weasels.

[Reagan Man]

"So what is the fuss about?" he asked, then wondered aloud, "Pure Bush-bashing?"

Pure Bush bashing is right!

Much ado about nothing.

Something tells me, however, the media and their Demlib cohorts have different thoughts on the subject.

[maestro]

...Joe Wilson the Bush-bashing former U.S. ambassador to...(FROM)... Iraq, .....Joe Wilson....

Bottom Line should read,.....AmBASHador FROM Iraq!!

(a WMD found,....called,.'Joseph'?)

/sarcasm

[smoothsailing]

Click hereLYING JOE'S BIO

He "outed" her himself at least as early as 2002.

The Dems revealed

[Timesink]

I think the "mainstream" media is starting to catch on that they've been hoodwinked by a RAT dirty trick. Tonight's topic on Nightline? Vanderbilt's decision to start making its athletes keep up the same academic standards as all the other students.

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[colorado tanker]

By the end of all this, it'll probably turn out she ran a hot dog stand outside Langley.

Seriously, folks, how does a wife of an Ambassador who moves all over the world maintain a full time job with the CIA? Would the CIA ever be dumb enough to allow the wife of an Ambassador to be a case officer? She couldn't exactly run around under a cover, could she?

This whole story stinks - somebodies knows the truth and they ain't spillin' - yet.

[america-rules]

There will be about 10 more of these between now and Nov 2004 !

The RATS hate Bush like nothing ever seen !

[Timesink]

He "outed" her himself at least as early as 2002.

Either you typed in the URL wrong, or that Wilson's bio has been pulled down.

[colorado tanker]

The RATS hate Bush like nothing ever seen !

Isn't that the truth. I've never seen anything like this. Their hatred of Nixon never approached this level. I guess being out of power for the first time since 1932 tends to derange the mind.

[Held_to_Ransom]

I don't know, but somehow I doubt that the CIA is going to tell a journalist who calls up whether someone is or isn't a covert agent. In fact, I would expect they would always say no to a question like that.

Novak's butt is covered though, and it was wise of him to do that for that reason. We shall see.