Ah, but the DEMOCRATS, who took two whole months to pay any attention to Novak's FIRST article appear not to care what Novak says now. See, they want the White House to be guilty, and they will not stop until they can make the White House appear guilty.
Obviously.
I now think this was an accidental happenstance not orchestrated from the beginning by Wilson et al. There may even have been an accidental breach of Plame's genuine undercover assignment.
Perhaps the investigation will show that there is a process problem. If a CIA analyst, whose workplace is not a secret, goes undercover, which I understand is fairly rare, then it becomes necessary to protect her identity. But perhaps not everyone gets the memo in order to filter information appropriately.
I understand Novak asked the CIA why he should not divulge this and they could or would not give him a good reason.
The administration reportedly did not actively call Novak to give him this juicy bit, but it came out, and it is easy to believe this administration flunky thought it good to make it appear Wilson got the Niger gig because of his wife. Some people still believe Cheney ordered it, for Chrissake.
Anyway, whether or not there was a true accidental breach, this fell into the DEMOCRATS lap and they don't have anything else that is sticking to Bush at the moment. There will probably be no way for them to make it drag on. But DEMOCRATS will roll the dice to see if the investigation accidentally turns up something else juicy.