He's a Democrat!

Joe Wilson that is. Officials in the White House at the time report this week that "Karl Rove was so adamant about smearing CIA agent Valerie Plame's husband that even White House aides were taken aback. When one asked him why, Rove replied simply: 'He's a Democrat.'"

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.

Anyone reading that paragraph should have been aware that it contained secret information

Reports the Washington Post from the State Dept. memo reportedly the source of the information.

Well, anyone but Rove. When you're the president's right-hand Rasputin it's SOP.