As I was hoping yesterday, Rove's back. The Washington Post has a front-pager explaining that the file detailing her relationship to Wilson was marked, very conspicuously, "Secret", and so there's no longer doubt about whether her status was classified. There's some doubt as to whether Rove knew her status was classified (he could've heard about her from another source), but one way or the other, someone committed a crime here.
The article, for its part, has very good timing, as it'll surely come in handy tomorrow, when Senate and House Democrats hold public hearings on the situation. Reid, Dorgan, Waxman, Holt and others will be leading the proceedings, and scores of CIA officers and analysts will be testifying. A good time will be had by all including, I bet, the reporters.
Lastly, I agree with Greg. If the White House thought the nomination of such an uncontroversial and essentially acceptable (barring, at least, revelations during his testimony, which is still months away) nominee was going to knock Rove out of the news, they're even more off their game than we thought.
