"Bull. She was an analyst, not a field agent. She was reportedly compromised while in the field by Aldrich Ames, so she had to move to desk work at Langley.
Not Undercover == No Crime."
Duh...
1. The CIA asked DOJ to open a criminal investigation.
2. If Plame was not undercover, no crime was committed.
3. Presumably, the CIA would know if one of their employees was undercover.
4. Ergo, Plame was still undercover. QED
If there was a crime, where are the indictments? There aren't any because it hasn't been determined that a crime occured.
Some secret agent if most of the DC chattering class invite her to their parties and as Andrea Mitchell exclaimed, knew she worked at the CIA.