Ex-agents rip Bush on CIA leak

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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/07/23/ex_agents_rip_bush_on_cia_leak/

'Inaction' in Rove case hurts officers, senators are told
By Reuters | July 23, 2005

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Congressional Republicans have rushed to defend Rove and criticize Wilson, who took a CIA-funded trip in 2002 to investigate a charge that Iraq tried to buy nuclear materials in Africa, and later accused the Bush administration of exaggerating the Iraqi weapons threat. They said Rove is a ''whistle-blower" because Wilson told lies about the trip and he was trying to set the Time reporter straight.

Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst who said he was a registered Republican, spoke harshly of the criticisms of Wilson and efforts to minimize his wife's job at the CIA.

''This is wrong. This should stop. And it could stop in a heartbeat if the president would simply put a stop to it -- he hasn't," Johnson said. ''That speaks volumes."
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