As another distinguished commentator recently said:

"...the CIA, like NASA, needs some adult supervision, and it doesn't have any."

Wilson seems to have a problem telling the truth. But I smell something else. This reminds me of the Loral leaks in late '99, when somebody high up in the CIA was leaking a lot of stuff to the newspapers.

Bush took a personal liking to Tenet, as Bush is wont to do. So there hasn't been a proper housecleaning. The problems in the CIA's analysis directorite run deep. If this Wilson affair is what I think it is, we might see some action.

Here's my prediction: The "senior administration officials" in Novak's column are in fact senior in the CIA and possibly the State Dept.

Here's my hope: Woolsey for DCI!

Bonus observation - Novak was strongly anti-war in Iraq.