Wilson has said the disclosure was payback for his criticism. Others have said that the disclosure put his criticism in context by suggesting that Wilson's trip was not a serious one but rather a nepotistic boondoggle.
Cooper's article about Plame appeared after the Novak column. Miller conducted interviews on the matter but did not publish an article.
Since Novak appears not to be facing jail time, he presumably supplied information to Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the case. It is not clear why that did not conclude the investigation. Fitzgerald and Novak have consistently declined to discuss the matter.
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