[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23782]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    THE VALERIE PLAME INVESTIGATION

  (Mr. NADLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, it is time for someone in the Bush 
administration to be held accountable for the leaking of the identity 
of a covert CIA operative. Washington Republicans are already 
attempting to minimize in advance the special prosecutor's findings. 
Anyone who does not believe leaking a CIA operative's identity is a 
serious breach of national security should listen to the words of our 
President's father, who served not only as President but as director of 
the CIA.
  During a speech at the CIA in 1999 he said, ``I have nothing but 
contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the names 
of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors.'' 
That is the President's father, a former Republican President himself.
  While his son's administration is working in secret to destroy Joseph 
Wilson's name, it was the former President Bush who sent a letter to 
Wilson congratulating him for his service to his country and sending 
his sympathies that his wife's identity had been made public. President 
Bush should listen to his father. He should not condone these 
outrageous actions, should fire anyone involved, and hold them in utter 
contempt.

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