Monday, July 11, 2005
Disclosure of CIA Agent Identity

Rep. Waxman Calls for Hearing on Rove's Role in Plame Outing









VIDEO
In light of mounting evidence that Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove may have been involved in the outing of a covert CIA agent, Rep. Waxman once again called for Chairman Davis to hold a hearing to investigate whether White House officials breached national security law by disclosing the agent’s identity. In on a one-minute speech on the House floor, Rep. Waxman cited former-President Bush’s statement that those who expose the identity of such agents are “the most insidious of traitors.”