Is the White House Leaking?

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After all the investigations of the Clinton administration, President George Bush promised -honor and integrity- in the White House. Now, his own staff is accused of leaking the name of a CIA -operative,- the wife of a former diplomat who criticized the war in Iraq. Bush says he welcomes a probe by the FBI, but Democrats are calling for a -special counsel- independent from Attorney General John Ashcroft. Just what law might have been broken? If White House aides are responsible, what about the reporter who wrote the story? Could this come at a worse time for a President mired in Iraq and facing re-election? We hear from an ethicist, a researcher who works to reduce the scope of government secrecy, a former Justice Department official, and experts in constitutional law and crisis management.
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