[Ben Hecks]

Outstanding! Thanks for taking the effort to lay this out. I had not realized that Walter Pincus was involved but this fact does not surprise me.

[Wolfstar]

Yep. Can't prove it, but I'd wager that Pincus, Wilson and Mrs. Plame-Wilson (the poor put-upon dear) worked on both the Wilson NYT article and the Leiby-Pincus Washington Post article during that July 4th dinner.