[cyncooper]

Don't forget, "peripheral to the leak" could include Wilson himself.

[piasa]

I tend to agree, too. Though there is the interesting detail that according to Maureen Dowd, Wilson admitted that Plame told him she was CIA at their 'first kiss.' That might be bullshiess he's adding for color just as he added the dimestore novel atmospheric details about his trip to Niger in his op ed, but it does mean he witnessed that SHE blew her own cover. I think he knew it was a dumb thing to say to Dowd since he added something along the lines of "I had a security clearance." (As if that makes it OK for Plame to inform a guy who doesn't 'need to know' that she is CIA.) But then, he can't exactly be compelled to testify against her since he's married to her...