January 23, 2004

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Ex-CIA agents to Congress: find Valerie Plame's betrayer
Reposted: A group of former CIA agents, fed up with White House stonewalling and furious with its condoning (or worse) of a major security breach, have petitioned the republican-controlled Congress to launch its own investigation into who revealed that Valerie Plame was an undercover CIA officer.

The New York Times reports, "The unmasking of Ms. Plame is viewed within spy circles as an unforgivable breach of secrecy that must be exhaustively investigated and prosecuted, current and former intelligence officials say. Anger over the matter is especially acute because of the suspicion, under investigation by the Justice Department, that the disclosure may have been made by someone in the White House to punish Ms. Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, for opposing administration policy on Iraq." Meanwhile....

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Grand Jury hears Plame case
Testimony begins in front of a grand jury in the investigation into whether the identity of Valerie Plame was improperly leaked to the press.

A grand jury began hearing testimony Wednesday in the investigation of who leaked the identity of Valerie Plame to ethically-challenged columnist Robert Novak and other journalists.

"No one knows what the hell is going on," says a possible witness, "because the administration people are all terrified and the lawyers aren't sharing anything with each other either."

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