Reporter Says He First Learned of C.I.A. Operative From Rove

Reporter Says He First Learned of C.I.A. Operative From Rove - New York Times: "By LORNE MANLY and DAVID JOHNSTON | Published: July 18, 2005

Matthew Cooper, a reporter for Time magazine, said the White House senior adviser Karl Rove was the first person to tell him that the wife of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV was a C.I.A. officer, according to a first-person account in this week's issue of the magazine.
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In his article, Mr. Cooper also shared a memory that was not in his notes or e-mail messages: Mr. Rove's ending the phone call by saying, "I've already said too much."