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Bush Hires Private Lawyer For Advice in CIA Leak Case

HeadlineJun 03, 2004

President Bush has sought counsel from a private Washington lawyer in connection with the grand jury investigation into who within the White House outted the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame last year. The move indicates Bush anticipates being questioned by the grand jury. The leak of Plame’s name came shortly after her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, came public questioning claims made by the president about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction capacity. Bush’s lawyer, Jim Sharp, is best known for representing Gen. Richard Secord of the Air Force during the Iran-contra affair.

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