[Prodigal Son]

So did Novak out her or not? I'm hearing two different versions here.

Does anyone else besides Dio think Novak has committed treason?

[Diogenesis]

To be completely accurate, the outing was by Time/Life Magazine a few months earlier
and then Novak. They BOTH are guilty of this.
And both attempt to use transferrance of their guilt,

[Ispy4u]

Novak reported the truth. That truth did not "out" anyone who had cover, an analyst is not an "operative". There is a hell of a lot more to being a CIA operative than being on their payroll.

The only persons in this story who intended to damage the current administration were Mr. Wilson and his wife.

[Grut]

Does anyone else besides Dio think Novak has committed treason?

There is a certain kind of Freeper who uses 'treason' the way kids use ketchup; they just splop it on anything they don't much like the taste of.

[tbeatty]

Novak published her name and her occupation. This triggered a required report from the CIA to the DOJ since she works for the undercover section of the CIA. It is illegal for a federal employee to disclose the name and occupation of people who work for this branch of the CIA. It is not illegal for reporters to publish it.

The interesting thing is that she still works there (at least as of October). She is still covered by this law even though she was outed. That alone tells you the nature of her job. Analyst.

[savedbygrace]

Does anyone else besides Dio think Novak has committed treason?

Not anyone who has actually read and understood the Constitution. Or maybe Dio knows of two witnesses to Novak ADHERING to the enemy.

[sinkspur]

Does anyone else besides Dio think Novak has committed treason?

No. It's silly to even assert "treason" over a showboater who outted herself in a magazine last month.

[optimistically_conservative]

This is what Novak wrote:

Wilson never worked for the CIA, but his wife, Valerie Plame, is an Agency operative on weapons of mass destruction. Two senior administration officials told me Wilson's wife suggested sending him to Niger to investigate the Italian report. The CIA says its counter-proliferation officials selected Wilson and asked his wife to contact him. "I will not answer any question about my wife," Wilson told me.

So, if she was an analyst and not an operative at the time, Novak used the wrong term foolishly - which has been his explanation.

Either way, it seems foolish to name any non-appointee that works at CIA. He also fumbles answering why or how Wilson was chosen.

Treason? Hardly. Did he "out" her? I don't think it was in the public record at the time that Valerie Plame worked at the CIA, so in a sense, yes. Did he "out" a CIA operative? Well, the CIA and DOJ are investigating that given the media circus surrounding the issue.

My hope is that the FBI puts a ton of pressure on the journalists that stoked this fire and supposedly know who leaked, and supposedly shopped around, this information.