Investigators worked sensitive cases before

[Judi Lynn]

Oct. 1, 2003, 9:35PM

Investigators worked sensitive cases before
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle News Services

WASHINGTON -- The 12 lawyers who find themselves heading up the first major criminal probe of the Bush White House have been at the center of political firestorms before.

They helped send spies Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen to prison. And they worked the sensitive investigation of Chinese-American nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee.

John Dion, the career prosecutor who will pursue the full-blown White House probe, is a 30-year Justice Department veteran.

The Justice Department's counterespionage section opens 25 to 30 investigations every year into media leaks of classified information, but most never result in criminal charges. In fact, in most cases, the leaker is never identified.
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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2132182

[punpirate]

1. Hmmm....

All successes with lower-level people and few cases resulting in criminal trial. No apparent investigations into the White House or upper-level administration officials. Guess what these guys are going to come up with, even with the clear commission of a crime?

Cheers.