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White House officials told The Washington Post they fear someone in the Bush administration
may be indicted regarding the leak of a covert CIA operative's name.
The Post report Thursday did not name its sources, saying "officials acknowledged
privately" that an indictment naming a member of the administration could
come this year.
Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald has been investigating the release of the
name of CIA operative Valerie Plame, which is a crime for a government official.
But the Post said legal experts said there are other possible problems related
to the case, including perjury and obstruction of justice.
Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper appeared Wednesday before a federal grand
jury convened to look into the case. Another reporter, Judith Miller of The
New York Times, remains jailed in Virginia because she refuses to appear before
the grand jury.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove has been linked to Cooper but Rove's
attorney Robert Luskin said, "Cooper's truthful testimony will not call
into question the accuracy or completeness of anything Rove has previously said
to the prosecutor or grand jury," the Post reported.
