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NEWS ABOUT: Plamegate

Plamegate stories: 3 news summaries

Court Tosses Lawsuit Over CIA Leak

It uphholds dismissal of Plame's case against Cheney, others

Aug 12, 08 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Bush administration • Valerie Plame • Joseph Wilson • Karl Rove • CIA leak investigation • Lewis Scooter Libby • Richard Armitage • Plamegate

'Creative' Bush Order Shields Cheney from Plame Probe 

Cheney's FBI interviews kept from Congress with executive privilege claim

Jul 17, 08 3:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • executive privilege • George W. Bush • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform • Plamegate

McClellan to Testify on Plamegate Claims

Lawmakers will ask if Bush, Cheney told ex-spokesman to lie

Jun 9, 08 7:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • House Judiciary Committee • Scott McClellan • Plamegate

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