The CIA has asked the Justice Department to "investigate allegations that the White House broke federal laws by revealing the identity of one of its undercover employees in retaliation against the woman’s husband, a former ambassador who publicly criticized President Bush’s since-discredited claim that Iraq had sought weapons-grade uranium from Africa, NBC News has learned":
| NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell reported Friday night that the CIA has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether White House officials blew Plame’s [Wilson's wife] cover in retaliation against Wilson. Revealing the identities of covert officials is a violation of two laws, the National Agents’ Identity Act and the Unauthorized Release of Classified Information Act.
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However, as CalPundit says:
| Stay tuned. I have my doubts that this investigation will go anywhere — after all, as long as Novak doesn't squeal, the folks in the White House just have to deny everything and let the investigation die. And with Republicans in control of Congress, the special prosecutor act dead, and John Ashcroft running the Justice Department, investigatory zeal is likely to be somewhat below Ken Starrish proportions.
Still, you never know. The CIA must have come up with something or else they would have just dropped the whole thing. |
Everyone who is naive enough to believe that Ashcroft is going to pusue this as required by his job description, please step forward and receive your lashings, because you are, well, naive.
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