[E-mail from Matt Cooper to his editors at TIME]: "Spoke to Rove on double super secret background for about two mins before he went on vacation..."
Cooper proceeded to spell out some guidance on a story that was beginning to roil Washington. He finished, "please don't source this to rove or even WH [White House]" and suggested another reporter check with the CIA.
[More from the e-mail]:"it was, KR said, wilson's wife, who apparently works at the agency on wmd [weapons of mass destruction] issues..."
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