Subpoenas for FBI interviews of Bush, Cheney
WASHINGTON (AP) - June 16, 2008 The subpoena to Attorney General Michael Mukasey from the House
Oversight and Government Reform Committee is the latest move by
Congress to shed light on Cheney's precise role in the leak of
Valerie Plame's CIA identity.
On Friday, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan is
scheduled to testify to the House Judiciary Committee.
He is expected to talk about White House higher-ups directing
him to publicly deny that Cheney's chief of staff and White House
political adviser Karl Rove played any role in leaking the CIA
employment of Plame, who is married to Bush administration war
critic Joseph Wilson.
Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, and Rove
were among the leakers of the CIA identity of Wilson's wife. Both
have since left the White House.
In publicly released grand jury testimony, Libby acknowledges
having told the FBI early in the Plame probe that "it's possible"
he spoke to Cheney about whether to share information with the
press about Wilson's wife.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chaired by
Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., has been trying to get FBI interviews
of Bush and Cheney since last year. Waxman renewed the request June
3 and Mukasey says the department is considering a response.
Monday's subpoena also seeks other documents related to the Plame
probe, the committee said in announcing the action.
Libby was convicted of perjury, obstruction and lying to the
FBI.
Last July, Bush commuted Libby's 2 1/2-year sentence, sparing
him from serving any prison time.