Getting a cool new nickname

First, "The Architect," now this:

It has been known that columnist Robert Novak spoke to Rove on July 9, 2003, saying he planned to report over the weekend that Valerie Plame, the wife of Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson, had worked for the CIA. Rove told the columnist he had heard similar information.

Friday's indictment says "Official A" is a "senior official in the White House who advised Libby on July 10 or 11 of 2003" about a chat with Novak about his upcoming column in which Plame would be identified as a CIA employee.

Late Friday, three people close to the investigation, each asking to remain unidentified because of grand jury secrecy, identified Rove as Official A.

Is it a crime, if you know a CIA agent is covert, not to stop someone from publishing her name? If so, it would seem that Rove would be in some hot water for that.

Otherwise, we must continue to wait and see if and how much of this splashes on Rove.