This is a declassified copy of the memo dated July 7, 2003 concerning Valerie Plame Wilson's CIA employment obtained by New York Sun which identified Ms. Wilson as a "CIA WMD manager".
According to the Associated Press, Armitage has also claimed that he did not know Plame was covert, and that "he assumed Plame's job was not a secret because it was included in a State Department memo."
As Media Matters for America has noted, however, the paragraph from that 2003 memo mentioning Plame and her status as a CIA operative was reportedly marked "S" for secret. According to the New York Sun, a declassified copy of the memo, obtained by that newspaper, showed that she was identified specifically as a "CIA WMD manager."
Plame -- who is referred to by her married name, Valerie Wilson, in the memo -- is mentioned in the second paragraph of the three-page document, which was written on June 10, 2003, by an analyst in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), according to a source who described the memo to The Washington Post.
Now why would June 10, 2003 memo, classified, mentioned Plame and her CIA operative status and marked "S" for secret yet the declassified memo dated July 7, 2003 referred to Ms. Wilson as a "CIA WMD manager?" Also, how did Bob Novak find out the CIA covert identity as "Valerie Plame" in his July 14, 2003 article?
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