My money is still on Joe Wilson, but I think that some State Department Marxists and other Democrats may have also had a hand. Everything points to the Democrats. I believe somebody set a trap, and the rats (including their accomplices in the press) took the bait.
Right. Why would such an important figure as Karl Rove risk "political capital" on such "small fry?" Valerie hadn't been undercover for awhile, as I understand. It's not as though she was "Deep Throat!"
Someone on this thread took exception to my recollection (from Rush Limbaugh), that Novak quipped soon after the thing exploded, that he was surprised "because everyone inside the Beltway know that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA." I don't know if Novak said that, but I heard Rush quote him as having said it."
On the other hand, if Novak said such a thing, it is hard to believe that he was sincere about it, because his revelation about Wilson's wife didn't add to the story he wrote and were clearly intended to be a "bomb" which he added gratuitously.
Char :)