WH Seeks Dismissal Of CIA Leak Suit

White House seeks dismissal of CIA leak suit
Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:53pm ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration asked a federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband against Vice President Dick Cheney and others for alleged involvement in disclosing her employment as a clandestine CIA operative.

Cheney and the other high-level defendants in the lawsuit have valid claims of immunity because of their official positions, Justice Department lawyers said in their request to have the case thrown out.

The lawyers also said that Plame and her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, failed to allege that any of the defendants had violated a constitutional right.

The lawsuit, filed in July, names Cheney, former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, top White House aide Karl Rove and Cheney's former chief of staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

It alleged "a conspiracy among current and former high-level officials in the White House to discredit, punish and seek revenge" against Wilson for publicly disputing statements made by President George W. Bush in justifying the war in Iraq.

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that idea will go over like a lead balloon.

Nice to see the WH up to their ears in this thing. They keep forgetting that Libby has only been charged with lying to a Grand Jury. They are trying to make the rest of the investigation the issue instead.

Reprehensible and despicable

Karma called. Your catch-22 is ready, BushCo.

Bill Clinton was sued while President because the Extreme Court ruled he had no immunity and was not above the Law even though President, so how can Cheney have "valid claims of immunity"?