[Jim_Curtis]

Makes perfect sense considering that the Watergate guy had information that Valerie Plame was a spy before it became a crime to know that Plame was a spy.

[CyberAnt]

Actually, I believe it was Aldrich Ames who exposed Plame - and caused her to be recalled to Washington. She was a covert operative at one time. But when she was recalled - her status changed .. it was just lousy recordkeeping that her classification never got changed on paper.