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June 16th,
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House Panel Subpoenas
FBI Interviews of Bush, Cheney By Pete Yost Associated Press June 16, 2008 Washington - A House
committee issued a subpoena Monday for FBI reports from interviews with
President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in the CIA leak investigation. The subpoena to Attorney
General Michael Mukasey from the House Oversight and Government Reform
Committee is the latest move by Congress to shed light on Cheney's precise
role in the leak of Valerie Plame's CIA identity. On Friday, former White
House press secretary Scott McClellan is scheduled to testify to the House
Judiciary Committee. He is expected to talk about
White House higher-ups directing him to publicly deny that Cheney's chief of
staff and White House political adviser Karl Rove played any role in leaking
the CIA employment of Plame, who is married to Bush administration war critic
Joseph Wilson. Cheney's chief of staff, I.
Lewis "Scooter" Libby, and Rove were among the leakers of the CIA
identity of Wilson's wife. Both have since left the White House. In publicly released grand
jury testimony, Libby acknowledges having told the FBI early in the Plame
probe that "it's possible" he spoke to Cheney about whether to
share information with the press about Wilson's wife. The House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., has been
trying to get FBI interviews of Bush and Cheney since last year. Waxman
renewed the request June 3 and Mukasey says the department is considering a
response. Monday's subpoena also seeks other documents related to the Plame
probe, the committee said in announcing the action. Libby was convicted of
perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI. Last July, Bush commuted
Libby's 2 1/2-year sentence, sparing him from serving any prison time. Copyright © 2008 The
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