http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/10/07/rove_inquiry/index.html
Another intriguing possibility in the leaks case brings back the baroque
personality of right-wing pressroom denizen Jeff Gannon, born James
Guckert.
The New York Times reported Friday that in addition to possible charges
directly involving the revelation of Valerie Wilson's identity and
related perjury or conspiracy charges, Fitzgerald is exploring other
possible crimes. Specifically, according to the Times, the special
counsel is seeking to determine whether anyone transmitted classified
material or information to persons who were not cleared to receive it --
which could be a felony under the 1917 Espionage Act.
One such classified item might be the still-classified State Department
document, written by an official of State's Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, concerning the CIA's decision to send former ambassador Joseph
Wilson to look into allegations that Iraq had tried to purchase uranium
from Niger. Someone leaked that INR document -- which inaccurately
indicated that Wilson's assignment was the result of lobbying within CIA
by his wife, Valerie -- to right-wing media outlets, notably including
Gannon's former employers at Talon News. On Oct. 28, 2003, Gannon posted
an interview with Joseph Wilson on the Talon Web site, in which he posed
the following question: "An internal government memo prepared by U.S.
intelligence personnel details a meeting in early 2002 where your wife,
a member of the agency for clandestine service working on Iraqi weapons
issues, suggested that you could be sent to investigate the reports. Do
you dispute that?"
Gannon later hinted, rather coyly, that he had learned about the INR
memo from an article in the Wall Street Journal. He also told reporters
last February that FBI agents working for Fitzgerald had questioned him
about where he got the memo. At the very least, that can be interpreted
as confirming today's Times report about the direction of the case
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