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.
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I have seen secret documents, (but, true, they were not memos!)many years ago. As I recall, parts of dcouments are not marked "S", for secret. Documents are secret. And the word is spelled out, in big bold letters. What BS. Somebody embellishing here? And this is a "document" discussed with a reporter (who did not see it) by the proverbial "unnamed source". Even if is IS a SECRET document, it doesn't mean Valerie's name is or was-once-upon-a-time a secret.
| Should be marked "BS", not "Secret". I've been a COMSEC/OPSEC NCO and you never, never have just one line in a document marked secret. Of course, I've never been a State Department weenie, but even they have to follow the same US gov rules. |
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