Reply #22: Yeah, there is something wrong with the quotation marks as it's written:

[karlschneider]

"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. The CIA says its counter-proliferation officials selected Wilson and asked his wife to contact him. "I will not answer any question about my wife," Wilson told me.
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The first part begins with a quote that is never closed, and is obviously Novak's own commentary. He does not imply that the "senior
...officials" specifically told him that Plame was an agent.

Well, Crossfire starting, I wanna watch...