“Plame was outed by her idiot husband (who loved hanging out with lefties in DC) and what happened? Republicans got blamed. I don’t have much faith at this point.”
Plame was not in the clandestine service, therefore there was nothing to “out”. Plame had been prepped for potential clandestine service when she first joined the CIA, but was never put undercover, and once she was assigned to Langley, any potential clandestined service was out of the question. Members of the clandestined service never are posted to Langley, because Langley is accessed via public roads and it is assumed anyone assigned there could be photographed entering CIA HQ. Clandestine agents are kept undercover even when they are not in the field.
I know that, you know that, the way the media reported it?