http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/16/white-house-plame-leak/
March 16, 2007
Top Bush Official Reveals White House Never Investigated Plame Leak
Dr. James Knodell, director of the Office of Security at the White
House, revealed today that to his knowledge the White House has never
ordered a probe, report, or sanctions as a result of the outing of a
covert CIA operative.
“I have no knowledge of any investigation in my office,” he said.
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) said he was “shocked” by Knodell’s
testimony, adding that the White House’s lack of action was a “breach
on top of a breach.”
Knodell claimed the White House did not investigate because there was
an outside investigation taking place. But Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
noted that the investigation “didn’t start until months and months
later, and [only] had the purpose of narrowly looking to see whether
there was a criminal law violated.”
Waxman asked, “But there was an obligation for the White House to
investigate whether classified information was being leaked
inappropriately, wasn’t there?”
Knodell answered, “If that was the case, yes.”
Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/16/white-house-plame-leak/
Shortly after the leak was revealed by Novak, Bush said he wanted an
investigation to identify the leaker:
A senior official quoted Bush as saying, “I want to get to the bottom
of this,” during a daily meeting yesterday morning with a few top
aides, including Rove.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A17129-2003Sep29¬Found=true
Bush: “If there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who
it is.“
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/09/20030930-9.html
E&P reports, “The White House had first opposed Knodell testifying but
after a threat of a subpoena from the committee yesterday he was
allowed to appear today.”
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003559300
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