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Court Tosses Lawsuit Over CIA Leak

Dustin Lushing — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:13:27 CDT

A federal appeals court today threw out former CIA spy Valerie Plame's lawsuit against Dick Cheney and a group of former Bush White House officials for leaking her identity to the public. The court ruled that Cheney, Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, and former State Department official Richard Armitage were acting...

'Creative' Bush Order Shields Cheney from Plame Probe

Rob Quinn — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:07:37 CDT

President Bush has invoked an unprecedented executive privilege claim to bar FBI interviews with Dick Cheney from a congressional committee probing the leak that exposed Valerie Plame as a CIA agent, Newsweek reports. The Bush order argues that turning over the records of Cheney's grilling concerning the scandal would violate...

McClellan to Testify on Plamegate Claims

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:04:53 CDT

Scott McClellan agreed today to testify about Dick Cheney's role in leaking the name of a CIA agent, the AP reports. In a hearing next week, House lawmakers are expected to ask him about his claim that Cheney and President Bush told him to "exonerate Scooter Libby" as White House...