Seems to me that once the Libs saw the word "Operative" used by Novak, they took off and used it in their mythbuilding campaign. To date no one has explained her real status and whether the law was broken by naming her. The fact that Novak was able to confirm her employment over the phone with the CIA, shows that she wasn't not covered by a covert program.
For Corn to rely on the choice of words used by Novak for the entire basis of his claims is irresponsible journalism. I still don't know why the RNC couldn't come up with a way to defuse this whole fairy tale.
FYI: Corn is supposed to be on CSPAN's washington Journal on Monday discussing the story. You can try to call in and ask him whatever question you want.
The truth won't influence the commielibs efforts to undermine anything and everything Bush.