White House Blocks House Committee’s Effort to Get FBI Records
· Story link The White House is blocking an effort by the House Government Reform Committee to obtain FBI reports…
The White House is blocking an effort by the House Government Reform Committee to obtain FBI reports about the leaking of former CIA operative Valerie Plame’s name. The Administration said the interviews Vice President Richard Cheney and others in his office gave to agents was protected by executive privilege. The committee had issued a subpoena for the records to Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey. (7/18/08)