Plame Case Revisits an Old Battlefield

The old Washington refrain that “the coverup is worse than the crime” is in the air again. The reason: Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald faces a high legal bar in proving that the leak of Valerie Plame’s identity as a CIA officer violated federal intelligence laws. Instead, he’s more likely to try to show that there was a coverup, or an attempt to obstruct his investigation, according to legal experts.
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CQ Homeland Security (10/21/2005)