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" And when he got back, Wilson did not submit a written report. He told Koppel he got back, and a CIA staffer came to his house and took notes as Wilson prepared for another trip."

Since Wilson was traveling in an official capacity for the CIA, any work product belongs to the U.S. Government. Someone in the CIA would determine the appropriate security classification for the work product - not Wilson. If the work product was classified, Wilson violated the law by going public with the information and should be subject to indictment.

"If the work product was classified, Wilson violated the law by going public with the information and should be subject to indictment."

You are the first I've heard to mention this angle. I sure didn't think of it. But I like it. Maybe that was Wilson's strategy all along...not to turn in a written report so that he could go public.

I'd go further. We now know Wilson was anti-war before he went on the Niger mission. I think we can assume he was anti-Bush as well. He didn't want to find evidence of Iraq buying yellow cake from Niger.

There's definitely hanky panky going on between Wilson, his wife, and the CIA people who sent him on the Niger mission. Wilson tried to make a distinction last night with Ted Kopel on NIGHTLINE, that his wife did not suggest him for the mission, but he agreed with Ted, that the CIA people asked his wife if she thought he might go for them.

All of which is parsing puke, no significant difference.

" Since Wilson was traveling in an official capacity for the CIA, any work product belongs to the U.S. Government. Someone in the CIA would determine the appropriate security classification for the work product - not Wilson. If the work product was classified, Wilson violated the law by going public with the information and should be subject to indictment"

Since everyone is now a suspect, Wilson's behavior also must be scrutinized.It should be interesting to see how cooperative he becomes,when his phone and email records are requested, which they must be,if the investigation is to be thorough.