Prosecutor: Leak Of Plame's Name Has Cast A Cloud Over The White House

The New York Times NEIL A. LEWIS February 20, 2007 10:07 PM

In his closing argument, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the chief prosecutor, said that disclosure of Ms. Wilson's identity was used by the White House to discredit her husband's assertions that the Bush administration had distorted intelligence to justify invading Iraq. He said the disclosure of her name cast a cloud over the Bush White House in general and over Mr. Cheney in particular.

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