Plame was outed by her husband. Nobody else knew (or cared) that some administrative assistant worked at the CIA.
That's what I've thought all along. Either he was a complete dufus or they were planning a book deal for the past couple years. Or both. And as you said, who the heck cared. It wasn't as if she didn't drive to work and home every day in plain view.
"Joe? May I used your Dictaphone?"
"Why don't you use your fingers like every one else, Valerie!"
The fact that Wilson had her named on his personal web site long before this even became a "story" can be considered "outing" as well. The obvious fact is that she was not covert, and therefore there was nothing to "out" in the first place. It's still media and partisan players who keep making this an issue when it's not. I want to see media itself get hung for abusing the "freedom of the press" rights everyone -both on the right and left- keeps crying every time someone mentions accountability, and laws to define it.
Freedom of the press should only apply to non- partisan honest reporting of FACTS, not to political conspiracies to bring down a government, especially during a time of war, and to influence the public- we the people- and our ability and absolute right to choose our government which is based on accurate and honest media reporting.
It should be a automatic hanging offense to corrupt and pervert our electoral process- to influence the public via media aided conspiracies in order to install a government which any sane person- knowing the truth- would rather see behind bars.
"Plame was outed by her husband"
Hasn't Rush been contending this all along ..??