DSK wrote:
Curtis CCR wrote:
What was Plame doing, and where, during the five years prior to this
leak?


Does it matter?

Yes it does.

If she was *not* working *overseas* as a *covert* operative in the
previous five years then it may not have been a crime to disclose her
indentity. It seems that most people leave this question out of the
discussion when they say "its a crime to disclose... blah blah blah..."

Those asking the question seem to think she was working as an
intelligence analyst of some type and having babies in the U.S. during
the time in question. (Employment with the CIA can hardly be called
covert if you are driving to work at Langley everyday.)

Dirty politics to disclose her identity? Yes. A crime? Maybe not.

Exposing the identity of an undercover CIA agent is a Federal crime...
and rightly so.

Plame was exposed by somebody close to the White House (most likely Karl
Rove himself) to try & make some cheap political points. And I bet the
reporters are going to be the only ones punished.