Washington Post: Plame's identity was secret

I hate to say I toldja so, but I toldja so.


The SCOTUS news cycle was a short one, indeed.

The Washington Post jumps right back into Traitorgate this morning with a blockbuster front-pager.

According to the WaPo, anybody who read the memo containing Valerie Plame's identity would have known that it was secret. Why? Because it was marked "secret."

Plame -- who is referred to by her married name, Valerie Wilson, in the memo -- is mentioned in the second paragraph of the three-page document, which was written on June 10, 2003, by an analyst in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), according to a source who described the memo to The Washington Post.

The paragraph identifying her as the wife of former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV was clearly marked to show that it contained classified material at the "secret" level, two sources said. The CIA classifies as "secret" the names of officers whose identities are covert, according to former senior agency officials.

How can any Republican who loves his country continue to defend George W. Bush and those who do his bidding?