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To: JohnM who wrote (10976)	10/6/2003 9:06:01 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793742

Your first sentence is correct. This FYI and the board: Bush hopes probe will plug leaks Mon Oct 6, 2:16 PM ET news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) said he hoped that the FBI (news - web sites)-led criminal probe into who leaked a CIA (news - web sites) agent's identity would help plug other unauthorized disclosures to reporters. "This is a serious charge, by the way. We're talking about a criminal action. But also hopefully we'll help send a clear signal we expect other leaks to stop as well," he said. At issue is a US Department of Justice (news - web sites) investigation into whether Bush aides leaked Valerie Plame's name to journalists in July to punish her husband, Joseph Wilson, for publicly challenging the case for war in Iraq (news - web sites). White House officials and the president himself have rejected calls from opposition Democrats to name an independent investigator into the mushrooming controversy. "I've got all the confidence in the world the Justice Department (news - web sites) will be do a good, thorough job," Bush said during a joint press conference with visiting Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki. "I'd like to know who leaked." The president has come under fire in some quarters for not launching an internal probe when the information came to light in July and for rejecting opposition Democrats' calls for an independent investigator. "I take those leaks very seriously. And therefore, we will cooperate fully with the Justice Department," he told reporters Monday. "I want there to be full participation, because I am most interested in finding out the truth." Bush sidestepped a question about whether the leak was retaliation against Wilson, saying: "I don't know who leaked the information, for starters, so it's hard for me to answer that question until I find out the truth." "I mean, you hear all kinds of rumors, and the best way to clarify the issue is for full participation with the Justice Department," he said.