Cheney Said Questioned On CIA Leak

[Jon8503]

CBS) Vice President Dick Cheney was recently interviewed by federal prosecutors who asked whether he knew of anyone at the White House who had improperly disclosed the identity of an undercover C.I.A. officer, The New York Times reports in its Saturday editions, citing people who have been involved in official discussions about the case.

"Cheney was also asked about conversations with senior aides, including his chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby, according to people officially informed about the case," the Times says. "In addition, those people said, Mr. Cheney was asked whether he knew of any concerted effort by White House aides to name the officer. It was not clear how Mr. Cheney responded to the prosecutors' questions."

The interview of the vice president was part of a grand jury investigation into whether anyone at the White House violated a federal law that makes it a crime to divulge the name of an undercover officer intentionally, the newspaper explains.

Cheney is not thought to be a focus of the inquiry, which is headed by Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the United States attorney in Chicago, the Times points out. Fitzgerald was appointed by the Justice Department as a special counsel in the case.

White House officials have denied that any senior aides disclosed the name of the officer, Valerie Plame, to Robert Novak, who wrote in his syndicated column in July 2003 that Ms. Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, was an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Times adds.


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/02/politics/main620810.shtml




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[H2O Man]

1. Did he bring his puppet?

I wonder if he had Knucklehead on his lap?

[LightningFlash]

2. They need to get Fitzergald, Ronnie Earle, or someone above them...

To be the official federal prosecutor into the DSM.

Anyone like that who is not connected to Bush, bingo we need that kind of prosecutor. Including a british prosecutor who was hired by Greg Palast. Now, it also has to be a non-biased prosecutor who does not take sides. But it has to be a HARD hitting prosecutor....

[asjr]

3. I have been wondering if the "leaker" was John

Bolton. From what I have read about him it would not surprise me. Novak on a program last week was extolling Bolton's virtues and said he had known him for 20-25 years. Of course Cheney knows who it is but was he under oath when he was in front of the grand jury?

[H2O Man]

4. It was two men

working on instructions from Bolton.

[LightningFlash]

5. How do you know this? nt

[H2O Man]

6. Ambassador Wilson's book

which I think should be required reading for DUers, identified the main suspects. The media reported, though obviously not in-depth, about some of those called to testify in front of the grand jury.

Do you have Wilson's book? If you don't, try to get it at your local library. I'll dig my copy out, and identify a few of the most important pages to read. I think you would find it most interesting.

[rateyes]

7. "It was not clear how Mr. Cheney responded to prosecutors' questions."

One thing is clear: He lied.

[ncteechur]

8. If no one in the WH leaked it, then Novak...

must have leaked it himself. Therefore, throw
his dumb ass in the klink for outing the Plame.
Maybe it will refresh his memory. Certainly Cheney and
the folks at the WH aren't lying. Novak must have
leaked it on his own. All we know is that her name was
leaked. Novak said he got it from the WH and they deny it.

[Sather Gate]

9. What Cheney knows

Nothing of substance goes on in the White House without Cheney knowing about it, including black ops. He knows who's going to have to take the fall on the Pflame case, and he also knows who the WH contact was (is) for the AIPAC/Israeli Embassy/Larry Franklin case. When these cases go to trial, the ole Wyomin' football-playin' cigaret smokin' goniff is going to have a tough time staying off the witness stand. Damn gangster, such a disgrace to Natrona County High School and old Wyomin'.

[KoKo]

10. This article is from *June 5, 2004, though and

there's been nothing much since then except that Miller and Cooper were supposed to be serving some jail time for not revealing sources. I guess their lawyer has been working hard on an appeal.

We are still waiting and waiting and waiting.... :eyes:

I had hopes that Fitzgerald would leak if it was Bolton, but so far his "investigation" is zipped. I've pretty much lost faith in Fitzgerald. I hope I'm wrong, but aren't our tax dollars paying for this investigation which is now going on two years and more? How could it take that long and we have a happy smiling Novak who never has a care in the world. Why is he so confident? :shrug:

[Coexist]

11. My favorite line:

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"Mr. Bush has acknowledged that he had met with a Washington criminal lawyer, Jim Sharp, about the possibility that prosecutors might want to interview him about the case."