I have some more articles that quote anonymous government officials. I suspect a majority of the quotes are coming from the VIPS folks, those that quote "intelligence officials", etc. Occasionally there are ex-ambassador or ex-envoy quotes that probably came from Wilson. But all the quotes during that early 2003 period that made accusations about pressure from the administration to slant reporting seem to come from the same group of people--McGovern, Thielmann, Lang, the Christisons, etc.
I agree that this is all much larger than Wilson--I think he's being used by these other people and he doesn't even realize it. The Plame outing is just a fortunate event that they're making the most of. I believe the origins of the battle go back to these ex-government workers who make up VIPS and their belief that the driving force of every action of this administration is the "neocon" master plan for Israeli security.
Here's another article to add to the collection:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/PIN307A.html
"A senior intelligence official said the agency did not consider the documents revelatory because they contained the same information, from other sources, already in intelligence reports. But in hindsight, the official said, "we failed to see the signals" that would have indicated they were forged.
Another intelligence official said "the documents were such a minor point of analysis for anyone" because the information was not deemed reliable. "
Thanks, Wendy. I'm not sure Plame was ever truly "outted" in the true sense of that word. Nevertheless, I think you're right. David Corn did not just happen upon his wild accusations a couple of days after Novak's piece was published. It was Corn's article that actually started the whole tack of trying to pin a national security breach on GWB, Dick Cheney and Rove.