yo yo yo search it!

Thursday, July 21, 2005

you thought you misdirected us with the roberts nomination didn't you?


well you didn't!

from wapo

A classified State Department memorandum central to a federal leak investigation contained information about CIA officer Valerie Plame in a paragraph marked "(S)" for secret, a clear indication that any Bush administration official who read it should have been aware the information was classified, according to current and former government officials.

and it goes on further to state;

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

and further yet: It is a federal crime, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, for a federal official to knowingly disclose the identity of a covert CIA official if the person knows the government is trying to keep it secret.

read it at; http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072002517.html

No comments: