# Bush Administration Outs Wilson's Wife as CIA Operative: Cool or Uncool? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 17, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-outs-wilsons-wife-as-cia-operative-cool-or-uncool/189165 "2003-07-17T15:33:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-outs-wilsons-wife-as-cia-operative-cool-or-uncool/189165/21 "2003-07-18T12:03:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shodan \* > **Is it someone during the Clinton administration, and Novak sat on it until now?** Oh, yeah, Clinton HIMSELF did it, furthermore he did it while simultaneously passing legislation designed to make Baby Jeebus cry and getting a blowjob from Monica. You Pubbies crack me up with that Clinton obsession sometimes. **I would like some confirmation that Plame is really employed by the CIA. All this third-hand rumor isn’t getting us anywhere.** Well, whyncha just go to the CIA website and check out their organizational chart under “Deep Cover Agents”? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-outs-wilsons-wife-as-cia-operative-cool-or-uncool/189165/22 "2003-07-18T12:26:32Z")
Is it possible that this information was intentionally leaked as a warning to anyone else in government who could put the Administration in a bad light? ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-outs-wilsons-wife-as-cia-operative-cool-or-uncool/189165/23 "2003-07-18T12:37:53Z")
**Shodan:** First, “two senior administration officials” emphatically != “low level staffers.” As one of the links points out, the term “senior administration official” is reserved for those in the White House who are deputy level and above. If it had said “sources within the administration,” your point might be valid. As it is, it isn’t. Second, unless Plame is, as **minty** points out, openly a CIA employee (something there’s been no evidence of), to a great extent it doesn’t matter if she’s actually employed by the CIA. It’s a phenomenally crappy thing to do regardless. You think any of her colleagues and work contacts overseas are going to trust her again after this, even if she swears she’s _not_ a spook? Please. And **Airblairxxx** : Yeah, I know Novak’s conservative. I can’t imagine someone _not_ knowing that. I was speaking ironicamally. Thanks, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CTB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@CTB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CTB)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-outs-wilsons-wife-as-cia-operative-cool-or-uncool/189165/24 "2003-07-18T13:07:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shodan \* > **Is it someone during the Clinton administration, and Novak sat on it until now?** If you can point to one time in the history of Novak’s career in which he passed up an opportunity to badmouth the Clinton administration, then maybe we can give this idea credit. If he feels fine spreading horseshit about people taking Ws off of WH keyboards with no problem, I think perhaps he would jump at the chance to show an actual crime being committed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-outs-wilsons-wife-as-cia-operative-cool-or-uncool/189165.md?page=1)