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Mr. Rove's allies have also emphasized that according to a recently disclosed e-mail message that Mr. Cooper sent to his Time bureau chief in July 2003, Mr. Rove did not use Ms. Wilson's name in the conversation or mention her undercover status. Rather, according to a copy of the message that Newsweek magazine said it had obtained, Mr. Rove had told Mr. Cooper only that it was "Wilson's wife, who apparently works at the agency on wmd [weapons of mass destruction] issues who authorized the trip" to Africa by Mr. Wilson.
House Democrats, meanwhile, said that the disclosure of Mrs. Wilson's role, while petty politics, was also more than that. "It means that every undercover agent that we have around the world will be wondering whether her or his country will stand behind him," said Representative Rush Holt of New Jersey. He said no one at the White House should have known of Mrs. Wilson's role in the first place.
And Representative Inslee ridiculed the notion that because Mr. Rove had not mentioned Mr. Wilson's wife by name, he had not really identified her. "Well, unless Joe Wilson was a polygamist, we knew exactly who he was talking about," Mr. Inslee said.
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House Democrats, meanwhile, said that the disclosure of Mrs. Wilson's role, while petty politics, was also more than that. "It means that every undercover agent that we have around the world will be wondering whether her or his country will stand behind him," said Representative Rush Holt of New Jersey. He said no one at the White House should have known of Mrs. Wilson's role in the first place.
And Representative Inslee ridiculed the notion that because Mr. Rove had not mentioned Mr. Wilson's wife by name, he had not really identified her. "Well, unless Joe Wilson was a polygamist, we knew exactly who he was talking about," Mr. Inslee said.
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