Sources: No Indictments Wednesday in CIA Leak Probe

There is some dispute as to the status of Plame, so it depends on what her status was at the time.

Well now I see why we are having this little disagreement. Of course a covert agent would be protected well above TS and might be known to only a few selected people.

But Plame clearly wasn't in that category, at least for the 5+ years prior to her supposed "outing". At least that is what I'm assuming since it fits with what we know about the case. I am assuming that the people who have stated that they knew she worked at CIA well before the Novak article was printed are telling the truth. For me that is enough to verify that she was no longer a covert agent. If, as it appears now, she was a desk jockey at Langley working in the WMD area then the fact that she was employeed by the CIA would be too easily discovered to justify a classification at the levels that you have indicated.

I don't budge easily. I'm sticking to my guns.

Her status is key. Some say she was in the process of changing her status since she left her last covert overseas assignment around 1997. Based on the law, five years would have elapsed and she woud then no longer be in a covert status. Fitzgerald will have to sort that out.

In additon to her personal status, there is also the outing of the front company she worked for. This could impact other agents who worked for this company.

"I doubt Libby was concerned about Wilson's loony rantings at all"

This is from the "Washington Post": "Miller described a meeting on June 23, 2003, with Libby in the Old Executive Office Building. . . Libby was angry about reports that Cheney and other senior officials had embraced flimsy evidence about Iraq seeking nuclear material in the African nation of Niger and was concerned about "selective leaking" by the CIA to distance the agency if no illegal Iraqi weapons were found. Libby noted that the CIA had sent a "clandestine guy" -- a reference to Wilson -- to Niger on a fact-finding mission."

And,

"Libby was concerned about CIA leaks and Wilson's part in it."

In another on line publication, "The Daily Kos," the following:

"He (Libby) was concerned about leaks from the CIA and the CIA not being on board with the administration. Libby claims the CIA, not Cheney, sent Wilson to Niger, and it's the first time Judith (Miller) claims she heard the name Wilson. Libby mentioned Wilson's wife might work for the CIA."

"Wilson's op-ed piece in the NYT appeared on July 6, 2003."

In the Turkishpress.com, this was revealed: "He (Libby) added that the CIA "took it upon itself to try and figure out more" about the uranium allegations without informing either the White House or its own director, the journalist (Miller) recalled."

It is interesting to note that Wilson's op-ed piece about a trip to Niger, taken February 2002, appeared almost a month (July 6, 2003) after the June 23rd interview between Libby and Miller. This says to me that concern was being raised about Wilson, his wife and the CIA before the June 23rd interview and before Wilson's op-ed piece.

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