A public biography of Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson had been available on the Internet at least 5 monthe BEFORE Novak's report. Rove's mere mention of "Wife" as CIA was sufficient for anyone to connect the name "Valerie Plame":
1) Feb 2003, last line of
http://www.cpsag.com/our_team/wilson.html" target="_blank">Internet Listing: "WIFE" == "VALERIE PLAME"
2) Jul 2003, Karl Rove to Matt Cooper: "WIFE" == "CIA"
3) Therefore, anyone capable of a Google search: "VALERIE PLAME" == "CIA"
source:
"ABC News, Wash. Post, Newsweek highlighted Rove claim that he did not actually disclose Valerie Plame's name, but a quick Google search would have produced it" (mediamatters.org July 11, 2005)
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