[dogbyte12]

There are reports bubbling that Valerie Plame was actually an operative for a while, but became an analyst after her husband retired.

Who knows on that one. The other thing I just googled up was Novak's comments after he wrote his column and he was being questioned on it.

Novak is dissembling. Either now or then. On July 22nd, this ran in Newsday

Novak, in an interview, said his sources had come to him with the information. "I didn't dig it out, it was given to me," he said. "They thought it was significant, they gave me the name and I used it."

I don't know honestly if Novak was telling the truth then when he said it was handed to him, and she was an operative, or now when he said that it was during a routine interview and she was only an analyst.

Novak is not telling the truth at one point in time here. It's a question of which Novak you want to believe.

[cwb]

Is it possible that Novak is himself the leaker and decided to throw a couple anonymous WH officials in for cover? After all, as Cliff May said today, Wilson's wifes identity/job was not a secret among those in the beltway. Novak gets a headline and never has to reveal his sources.

[Wait4Truth]

Novak is not telling the truth at one point in time here. It's a question of which Novak you want to believe.

At this point, I don't believe EITHER Novak. They are both liars. Either the White House tried to peddle the story or they didn't. It now appears that they didn't but the damage is done. Maybe that's all Novak wanted in the first place.

[unsycophant]

According to Wilson: Novak contacted him to confirm that his wife was an operative. He cited his sources as "inside the CIA". When Wilson asked him about this in a later conversation, Novak said he "misspoke" and that the sources were 'senior administration officials'.

Wilson has repeated these details a few times over the past few months.

Is it common practice for a reporter to contact someone's spouse to confirm whether they are an "operative" with the CIA? Or, to advise them that the CIA just outed her?