Rep. Waxman Calls for Hearing into Rove's Role in Outing of CIA Agent

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Rep. Waxman Calls for Hearing into Rove's Role in Outing of CIA Agent
Author: Henry A. Waxman
Published on Jul 11, 2005, 07:39



Letter to Tom Davis, Chairman of Committee on Government Reform

Dear Mr. Chairman:

I am writing regarding recent reports that provide new details about the involvement of Karl Rove, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, in the disclosure of Valerie Plame's identity as an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency.

An article in the Washington Post this morning and recent disclosures in Newsweek and other reports are extraordinary. If true, they indicate that the President's top political advisor played a central role in the outing of a covert CIA agent. According to the Washington Post account, Mr. Rove's attorney insists that Mr. Rove did not identify Ms. Plame “by name.” But Mr. Rove did identify her as the spouse of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson IV, which would seem to be a distinction without a difference.

The new disclosures also raise issues about whether Mr. Rove acted alone or whether there was a conspiracy with other White House staff to use classified information for the political purpose of discrediting Ambassador Wilson.

I first wrote to you to request a hearing about this matter on September 29, 2003, and I renewed my request in a second letter on December 11, 2003. During this period, we met with Ambassador Wilson, but you turned down my request for a hearing because you wanted to see what the investigation of Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald would uncover.

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1. As usual Waxman rocks

Awesome

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2. Waxman is the MAN!

I wish to heck he would run for a differant higher office -- I would vote for him in a heartbeat as CA Senator.

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3. That is good!