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The tricky part here is that Rove may not have had classified information that identified Plame. He may have just seen her at the CIA. Still, if he has a high-level clearance, then one would think the classified part is implicit.

I just heard P.J. O'Rourke on the radio going on about how, well, if her cover was at a desk job at the CIA, hardly a covert operative, right?

All I know is that if Clinton's deputy chief of staff had told the same reporter about someone who was embarassing the Clinton administration's spouse being a CIA operative, there would be none of this nicety about, "oh, he didn't speak her name aloud" or "he thought she wasn't covert cuz he saw her in the CIA building walking around."

It would be entirely, "Clinton should be impeached."

Rove should resign immediately for the act of doing something that was so obviously over the line. But he won't. Bush will back him. He won't wear an orange jumpsuit. And, I hope, Democrats will point out in 2008 how Republicans don't mind exposing CIA agents who don't meet their ideological test.

I can't believe I'm hearing Republicans defend the outing of government agents.