Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (29386)	10/2/2003 12:16:25 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Poll: Most Favor CIA Leak Special Counsel Wed Oct 1,10:40 PM ET Add White House - AP to My Yahoo! WASHINGTON - Seven in 10 Americans, including a majority of Republicans, say they favor a special counsel rather than the administration's own Justice Department (news - web sites) to investigate the leak of a CIA (news - web sites) undercover officer's identity, according to an ABC-Washington Post poll. The inquiry is now in the hands of Justice Department lawyers, but Democrats have been calling for an independent investigation by a special counsel. The investigation is aimed at finding who leaked the name of the CIA operative, possibly in an attempt to punish the officer's husband, former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, who had accused the Bush administration of manipulating intelligence to exaggerate the threat from Iraq (news - web sites). Eight in 10 in the poll said they consider the investigation of the claim "serious" and almost that many, 72 percent, said it's likely that someone in the White House leaked the classified information. Only a third, 34 percent, said they thought President Bush (news - web sites) knew about the leak beforehand. At least eight in 10 said they thought if someone in the White House leaked the classified information he should be fired and should face criminal charges. The poll of 505 adults was taken Tuesday and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.