Excellent point.
The senior admin official did not believe the that information was classified. So how is it that Fitz came to believe her status was classified? If he was depending on computer info, I hope someone has the good sense to go back to prior years DBs and see if there have been any alteration of her records.
<< It would also make Woodward, who has been publicly critical of the investigation, the first reporter known to have learned about Plame from a government source.>>
Woodward likely was not the first reporter to hear about Plame, since her husband was supposedly the primary source for many of the rumors that circulated about her CIA status.