[Pubbie]

Yesterday on CNN's "Crossfire," of which he is a co-host, Novak had this to say:

Nobody in the Bush administration called me to leak this. In July, I was interviewing a senior administration official on Ambassador Wilson's report when he told me the trip was inspired by his wife, a CIA employee working on weapons of mass destruction. Another senior official told me the same thing. As a professional journalist with 46 years experience in Washington, I do not reveal confidential sources.

When I called the CIA in July, they confirmed Mrs. Wilson's involvement in a mission for her husband on a secondary basis, who is--he is a former Clinton administration official. They asked me not to use her name, but never indicated it would endanger her or anybody else. 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.

[My2Cents]

Novak: "Mrs. Wilson was an analyst, not a spy, not a covert operative, and not in charge of undercover operatives."

So, is anyone going to call Nancy Pelosi on her sanctimonious rant about how despicable it is to "out" an "undercover agent," which has been all over NPR this afternoon?