She was covert

A formerly classified document released on Tuesday showed, without doubt, that Valery Plame WAS A COVERT AGENT in the CIA when her cover was blown by the Bush Administration. You'll remember that her name was part of a smear campaign by VP Cheney, Karl Rove, Richard Armitage and any number of other loyal Republicans in the Bush administration. When Scooter Libby was convicted of lying under oath to a Grand Jury to protect others we heard whining (sniff, sniff)about how unfair it was and that it didn't reeeeaaaly matter anyway 'cause (sniff) she wasn't a covert agent so there was "no underlying crime" to the overall leak case. Even though it was already known by everyone except those fooled by the devious right wing media, it is now proven beyond any doubt.

Of course, I would like to think that all those who have been hanging on to that excuse would repent and admit they were wrong. But I predict the Red talking heads will come up with something brand new and within a week, all of Red America will be repeating it and they will have completely forgotten the "covert" talking points they scurrilously parroted previously.