Bush Consults Lawyer in Probe Over CIA Leak
By VOA News
03 Jun 2004, 12:06 UTC
The White House says President Bush has consulted an outside lawyer in the grand jury investigation into who leaked the name of a covert CIA operative to the news media last year.
There is no indication President Bush is the target of the Justice Department investigation, but White House officials said late Wednesday Mr. Bush has sought an attorney in case he needs one.
A federal grand jury in Washington is investigating who in the administration might be responsible for leaking the CIA operative's name - a possible violation of U.S. law.
The CIA operative, Valerie Plame, is the wife of former U.S. ambassador Joseph Wilson, who has publicly criticized the Bush administration's pre-war intelligence on Iraq.
Ambassador Wilson believes White House officials deliberately exposed his wife's identity to several journalists to discredit him or retaliate against him after he accused the Bush administration of exaggerating the threat from Iraq.
Some information for this report provided by AP and Reuters.
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