S is for Secret

The Karl Rove investigation is back on the front page. Via the Washington Post:

"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.

The paragraph identifying her [Plame] 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.

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

Whoever saw this memo knew that the information was not to be revealed.