President Bush today appeared to raise the threshold for firing any White House official who leaked the identity of a covert CIA agent, saying he would dismiss anyone who "committed a crime" in the case.
In a White House press briefing after a meeting with the visiting Indian prime minister, Bush stuck to his insistence on waiting until an investigation is complete before substantively commenting on the case of Valerie Plame, whose identity was leaked in July 2003. Plame was identified as a CIA agent working on weapons of mass destruction issues and the wife of an administration critic, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, in a column by syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak, who cited "two senior administration officials." - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/18/AR2005071800 689.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165147 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
