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Associated Press: White House counsel Alberto Gonzales
underwent questioning at the federal courthouse. He
was the latest in a string of administration officials
to be asked about the unauthorized disclosure of the
name of CIA operative Valerie Plame, wife of former
Ambassador Joseph Wilson, to the news media...Vice
President Dick Cheney was recently questioned by
investigators, and President Bush has indicated that
he, too, expects to be questioned. Bush has consulted
with a private attorney about the case, since the
White House counsel can represent him only on official
matters.
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White House Counsel Questioned in Leak Probe
Associated Press
Saturday 19 June 2004
Grand jury investigates outing of covert CIA operative: The White House’s top lawyer was questioned by a federal grand jury Friday in the criminal investigation of who in the Bush administration leaked the name of a covert CIA operative last year.
White House counsel Alberto Gonzales underwent
questioning at the federal courthouse. He was the
latest in a string of administration officials to be
asked about the unauthorized disclosure of the name of
CIA operative Valerie Plame, wife of former Ambassador
Joseph Wilson, to the news media.
"The president directed the White House to
cooperate fully, and Judge Gonzales was just doing his
part to cooperate," said White House press secretary
Scott McClellan, who also has gone before the grand
jury.
Vice President Dick Cheney was recently questioned
by investigators, and President Bush has indicated
that he, too, expects to be questioned. Bush has
consulted with a private attorney about the case,
since the White House counsel can represent him only
on official matters.
Disclosure of an undercover officer’s identity can
be a federal crime.
Syndicated columnist Robert Novak revealed Plame’s
work for the CIA a week after Wilson publicly
criticized Bush’s claim that Iraq had tried to obtain
uranium from the African nation of Niger.
Wilson had earlier been sent to Niger by the CIA
to check out the allegation and concluded it was
unfounded. Bush stated subsequently in his State of
the Union address that Iraq had sought to buy uranium
in Africa.
Wilson has said that revealing his wife’s name was
an attempt to discredit him. In printing Plame’s name,
Novak wrote that two administration officials said
Wilson’s wife suggested sending him on the Niger trip.
Wilson has suggested in a book that the leaker was
Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney’s chief of staff.
The White House denies the claim and accuses
Wilson of seeking to bolster the campaign of Democrat
John Kerry, for whom he has acted as a foreign policy
adviser.
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Posted by richard at June 21, 2004 07:04 AM