A reader who was paying closer attention notes:

I also watched the Andrea Mitchell report on Joe Wilson and found it disconcerting (the nicest thing I can saw about an Andrea Mitchell report). Ms. Mitchell reported that Ms. Plame was a “covert operative” within the CIA. I don’t believe that is true. Ms. Plame was an analyst and and expert in arms proliferation at the time of the Wilson mission to Niger; however, I can concede that at some time in her career she was “covert”. For the present, the only thing covert about Ms. Plame, fleetingly, was her sponsoring Wilson for some pool-side tea-sipping far, far away.
Another thing too, Ms. Mitchell wrapped up her report by saying that the Senate report only “adds to the confusion” about Wilson’s role (and implicitly, the role of his wife). My take is that the Senate report demonstrates that Wilson’s a liar and Plame’s to blame. Mitchell, chief NBC correspondent of something, demonstrated that she’s still a network toady.