WHAT NOVAK WROTE

I'm a little embarassed to admit it but until today, I hadn't read Novak's column about Plame. Here's the key passage:

Mission to Niger
Robert Novak (archive)
July 14, 2003

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.