] At the CIA, the official designated to talk to me denied
] that Wilson's wife had inspired his selection but said
] she was delegated to request his help. He asked me not to
] use her name, saying she probably never again will be
] given a foreign assignment but that exposure of her name
] might cause "difficulties" if she travels abroad. He
] never suggested to me that Wilson's wife or anybody else
] would be endangered. If he had, I would not have used her
] name.

I get the impression that both sides are lying...

Robert Novak: The CIA leak