Memo May Be Pivotal in CIA Case; Agency Operative's Identity Was Too Sensitive to Share, Classified Document Says

The paragraph in the memo discussing Ms. Wilson's involvement in her husband's trip is marked at the beginning with a letter designation in brackets to indicate the information shouldn't be shared, according to the person familiar with the memo. Such a designation would indicate to a...

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Published inWall Street journal. Europe
Main Author Anne Marie Squeo and John D. McKinnon
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Brussels Dow Jones & Company Inc 20.07.2005
EditionEurope
Subjects
Classified information
Criminal investigations
Obstruction of justice
Presidents
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Summary:The paragraph in the memo discussing Ms. Wilson's involvement in her husband's trip is marked at the beginning with a letter designation in brackets to indicate the information shouldn't be shared, according to the person familiar with the memo. Such a designation would indicate to a reader that the information was sensitive. The memo, though, doesn't specifically describe Ms. Wilson as an undercover agent, the person familiar with the memo said. There also is an unclassified designation but that wasn't the case for the material on the Wilsons prepared by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research. It isn't known what level of classification was assigned to the information in the memo. Who received the memo, which was prepared for Marc Grossman, then the under secretary of state for political affairs, and how widely it was circulated are issues as Mr. [Patrick Fitzgerald] tries to pinpoint the origin of the leak of Ms. Wilson's identity. According to the person familiar with the document, it didn't include a distribution list. It isn't known if President [George W. Bush] has seen the memo.
ISSN:0921-9986