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Valerie Plame's lawsuit dismissed
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-07-20 03:32
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed former CIA operative Valerie
Plame's lawsuit against members of the Bush administration in the CIA
leak scandal.
In this Friday, March 16, 2007, file photo, former CIA analyst Valerie
Plame listens to opening statements on Capitol Hill during the House
Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing. A federal judge on
Thursday, July 19, 2007, dismissed Plame's lawsuit against members of the
Bush administration in the CIA leak scandal. [AP]
Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, had accused Vice
President Dick Cheney and others of conspiring to leak her identity in
2003. Plame said that violated her privacy rights and was illegal
retribution for her husband's criticism of the administration.
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional
grounds and said he would not express an opinion on the constitutional
arguments. Bates dismissed the case against all defendants: Cheney, White
House political adviser Karl Rove, former White House aide I. Lewis
"Scooter" Libby and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.
Plame's attorneys had said the lawsuit would be an uphill battle. Public
officials are normally immune from such lawsuits filed in connection with
their jobs.
Plame's identity was revealed in a syndicated newspaper column in 2003,
shortly after Wilson began criticizing the administration's march to war
in Iraq. Plame believes the leak was retribution and that it violated
their constitutional rights.
Armitage and Rove were the sources for that article, which touched off a
lengthy leak investigation. Nobody was charged with leaking but Libby was
convicted of lying and obstruction the investigation. Bush commuted
Libby's 2 1/2-year prison term before the former aide served any time.
A message seeking comment was left with Plame's attorney, Erwin
Chemerinsky.
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