It depends on what the definition of "is" is...

FOX news tries again to smear Valerie Plame by saying she was not a covert officer because she was "not covert under the law"... they should of read the law first! Of course, their listeners won't and will repeat the talking points anyway!



(4) The term "covert agent" means—

(A) a present or retired officer or employee of an intelligence agency or a present or retired member of the Armed Forces assigned to duty with an intelligence agency—

(i) whose identity as such an officer, employee, or member is classified information, and

(ii) who is serving outside the United States or has within the last five years served outside the United States;

Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982

Victoria Toensing has spent the last few years playing the White House's pit bull by attacking Valerie Plame's status as a covert CIA agent. She claims to have been involved in writing the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 - It's too bad she forgot section, 4 A ii.

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) felt the CIA director ended the debate on whether Plame was covert or not. “Gen. Michael Hayden said, quote, ‘Ms. Wilson was covert,’ end of quote,” Cummings said.

So who you going to believe? The CIA director or FOX news?