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First Novak would have had to find out who his wife was
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The fact that Plame is Wilson's wife is NOT a secret. It was well known way before this "scandal". Her name, Valerie Plame, appears in Wilson's "Who's Who in America" entry.
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then find out what she did
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Apparently the fact that she worked at the CIA was common knowledge as well. Novak provides cites for both of these being known facts before his original column in a followup
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and how she could have gotten him the job.
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That's the tricky part.