all-encompassingly

At least not when her “cover was blown” by conservative columnist Bob Novak.

Straight from the Clown’s mouth:

BLITZER: But the other argument that’s been made against you is that you’ve sought to capitalize on this extravaganza, having that photo shoot with your wife, who was a clandestine officer of the CIA, and that you’ve tried to enrich yourself writing this book and all of that.

What do you make of those accusations, which are serious accusations, as you know, that have been leveled against you.

WILSON: My wife was not a clandestine officer the day that Bob Novak blew her identity.

BLITZER: But she hadn’t been a clandestine officer for some time before that?

WILSON: That’s not anything that I can talk about. And, indeed, I’ll go back to what I said earlier, the CIA believed that a possible crime had been committed, and that’s why they referred it to the Justice Department.

She was not a clandestine officer at the time that that article in Vanity Fair appeared. And I have every right to have the American public know who I am and not to have myself defined by those who would write the sorts of things that are coming out, being spewed out of the mouths of the RNC…

[source: CNN WOLF BLITZER REPORTS 5:00 PM EST - July 14, 2005 Thursday - via LexisNexis]

The Clown is on the run.

With the developments coming out that Karl Rove actually heard about Plame’s role from a member of the press this whole house of cards is beginning to fall. I have no idea where it is going to lead, but the next several days and weeks could be very interesting for Clown Wilson & Co.