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Pelosi Statement on Karl Rove and White House CIA Leak
Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to media inquiries about White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove’s involvement in leaking the identity of CIA official Valerie Plame:
“The American people deserve the truth about who in the White House recklessly disclosed the identity of a CIA clandestine service officer, endangering our national security. The first President Bush called it a traitorous act to reveal the names of those involved in intelligence collection.
“The President said two years ago that he wanted to get to the bottom of this. If he were sincere, it would have happened. For two years, there has been an investigation that did not reveal Karl Rove’s involvement until a reporter went to jail. It looks to me that there may have been some effort by people in the White House to obstruct the investigation.
“The President has said that anyone who leaked the identity of Ms. Plame should no longer be part of his Administration. The American people and Congress expect the President to keep his word. That means firing Karl Rove and anyone else in the White House if they identified her as a CIA clandestine service officer.
“Disclosing Ms. Plame’s identity is a deadly serious matter and the Republicans in the House of Representatives should be having hearings on this subject. But they have not held the Bush Administration accountable in any way on any subject, be it the budget, our national security, the war in Iraq, Abu Ghraib, the list goes on. The Administration has gotten off scot-free without any oversight from the Congress. The American people deserve better.”
“ Democrats are united in presenting a New Direction for America, one that will make our nation as strong as its people, one that brings opportunity, security, and prosperity to all Americans. ”
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
