Throughout this entire matter, from what I heard in the testimony yesterday, I wonder who is asking himself questions about the handling of this document. Who is questioning the manner in which it was determined that it was confidential? I saw the document. The only mention of confidentiality it contained appears on page 1 of the letter from Wayne Wouters. That was not the case on page 2 or in the rest of the document. On the other hand, there were handwritten "c.c." notations to all kinds of people within the agency. Do you handle a confidential document by placing a half-erased stamp in the right-hand corner of the first page? Do you leave an allegedly highly confidential document in a computer system accessible to everyone? If it was so important that the document be confidential, who was at fault in this case?
On August 19th, 2008. See this statement in context.