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==Accusations of administration wrong-doing==

==Accusations of administration wrong-doing==

At the time of the Novak column, Valerie Plame was a "covert CIA employee for whom the CIA was taking affirmative measures to conceal her intelligence relationship to the United States." <ref>[http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/05/30/plame/ Unclassified Summary of Valerie Wilsons CIA Employment And Cover History]</ref>  

At the time of the Novak column, Valerie Plame was a "covert CIA employee for whom the CIA was taking affirmative measures to conceal her intelligence relationship to the United States." <ref>[https://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/05/30/plame/ Unclassified Summary of Valerie Wilsons CIA Employment And Cover History]</ref>  

Then-Attorney General [[John Ashcroft]] was the head the initial investigation.  Justice Department and FBI officials requested a special prosecutor be named over concerns of the veracity of interviews with Karl Rove.  Attorney General Ashcroft, having connections to Karl Rove, recused himself from the case and Acting Attorney General [[James Comey]] appointed special prosecutor [[Patrick Fitzgerald]] to investigate the [[leak]].  

Then-Attorney General [[John Ashcroft]] was the head the initial investigation.  Justice Department and FBI officials requested a special prosecutor be named over concerns of the veracity of interviews with Karl Rove.  Attorney General Ashcroft, having connections to Karl Rove, recused himself from the case and Acting Attorney General [[James Comey]] appointed special prosecutor [[Patrick Fitzgerald]] to investigate the [[leak]].