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Waxman Requests FBI Documents Over CIA Leak Case

HeadlineJun 04, 2008

And in news from Washington, Congressman Henry Waxman is requesting the FBI turn over more documents connected to the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame. Waxman sent a letter to the Justice Department after learning that Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff Lewis “Scooter” Libby told the FBI that it’s possible he was instructed by Cheney to disseminate information to the press about Plame, the wife of Bush administration war critic Joseph Wilson. Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan has also revealed more information about the cover-up. He recently said that President Bush and Vice President Cheney “directed me to go out there and exonerate Scooter Libby.” Waxman said, “It would be a major breach of trust if the vice president personally directed Mr. McClellan to mislead the public.”

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