Wilson: Wife Not Endangered by Leak

Former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Joseph Wilson admitted Monday that his wife was not endangered by having her name divulged in a July 14 report by columnist Robert Novak.

Asked if the leak "in any way put your wife in danger," Wilson told ABC's "Good Morning America" host Charlie Gibson, "Well, not that I'm aware of."

The Bush administration critic said that while there was always the potential that a CIA employee could become a target, he reiterated, "I don't have any specific threats to talk about at all."

Despite Wilson's acknowledgment that his wife was never in danger, reporters and commentators have continued to report breathlessly that her life was in jeopardy because of the leak to Novak.

The CIA refuses to say whether Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, was working undercover. But in reports published before the Agency called for a special investigation on Friday, Plame was identified as an energy analyst who did consulting work for the CIA.

National Review Online columnist Cliff May said Monday that Plame's identity was no big secret - and was instead known to many in Washington, D.C.

"That [Wilson's wife worked for the CIA] wasn't news to me," May revealed. "I had been told that — but not by anyone working in the White House. Rather, I learned it from someone who formerly worked in the government and he mentioned it in an offhand manner, leading me to infer it was something that insiders were well aware of."

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