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Originally Posted by stevo
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Two big problems with "Joe Wilson is about to be exposed".......
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,98522,00.html
Justice Dept. Probes White House Leak Charge
Monday, September 29, 2003
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department (search) has launched a preliminary probe into whether White House officials leaked a CIA agent's identity, officials confirmed Monday.
Justice officials said the agency's criminal division and the FBI will speak with officials from the CIA and possibly other agencies to determine if the facts warrant a full-blown investigation.
<b>The preliminary inquiry was brought after reports emerged this weekend that CIA Director George Tenet (search) had asked the Justice Department to look into allegations that officials in the White House revealed the name of agent Valerie Plame (search).</b> Plame is the wife of Ambassador Joseph Wilson (search), who challenged Bush administration assertions earlier this year that Saddam Hussein had sought uranium from an African nation....
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...102801340.html
Transcript of Special Counsel Fitzgerald's Press Conference
Courtesy of FDCH e-MEDIA
Friday, October 28, 2005; 3:57 PM
FITZGERALD: Good afternoon. I'm Pat Fitzgerald. I'm the United States attorney in Chicago, but I'm appearing before you today as the Department of Justice special counsel in the CIA leak investigation.
Joining me, to my left, is Jack Eckenrode, the special agent in charge of the FBI office in Chicago, who has led the team of investigators and prosecutors from day one in this investigation
A few hours ago, a federal grand jury sitting in the District of Columbia returned a five-count indictment against I. Lewis Libby, also known as Scooter Libby, the vice president's chief of staff.
<b>The grand jury's indictment charges that Mr. Libby committed five crimes. The indictment charges one count of obstruction of justice of the federal grand jury, two counts of perjury and two counts of false statements......</b>
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stevo, as much as you, Libby and his lawyers, want the Plame leak investigation .......and the crimes he will stand trial for.......to be about discrediting Joe Wilson...or about whether Plame was an undercover agent...or not.....how is that relevant. I highlighted the charges against Libby and the report that describes how the Plame leak investigastion came about.
The reaction...for 32 months now...from folks who your views are aligned with.... is to try to make this investigation "go away" by putting your focus on whether or not Plame's CIA identity was classified. The CIA requested an investigation from the FBI, after Plame's name was linked to her working at the CIA, beginning with Novak's column in July, 2003. You can't change that.
Libby was charged with lying and obstructing the leak investigation....not for leaking a classified name.
In the face of what is actually reported to be happening in this matter, how will your posted "news" and commentary affect Libby's prosecution or the leak investigation?