Waxman to investigate White House lies about CIA leak

March 8, 2007

Washington - A former CIA agent whose identity was leaked to the press is expected to testify next week before a House committee as it wades into how White House officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and Karl Rove, senior advisor to President Bush, dealt with her exposure.

A former CIA agent whose identity was leaked to the press is expected to testify next week before a House committee as it wades into how White House officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and Karl Rove, senior advisor to President Bush, dealt with her exposure.

Valerie Plame Wilson, the former agent, will appear March 16 before the congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, its chairman, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said Thursday in a written statement.

Waxman also released a letter to federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald -- who on Tuesday won a conviction against Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's former chief of staff, in relation to the case -- requesting a meeting to discuss the possibility of Fitzgerald also testifying.