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List of Those Questioned in CIA Leak
Hotline Blog
October 18, 2005

Here's a list of folks who have either testified or have been interviewed by Patrick Fitzgerald (or by FBI agents) in connection with the Plame probe. Please send us omissions and additions and expansions. Anonymity is guaranteed. To repeat: the list below is of those who have been interviewed by officials in connection with the case. Inclusion does not necessarily indicate that the listed person has testified under oath.

* Bush: Early Summer, 2004 (did not testify under oath)
    * Cheney: Early summer, 2004 (did not testify under oath)
    * Ex-Dep. Sec/State Richard Armitage
    * WH Assist. To. Pres. Dan Bartlett
    * Ex-WH press aide Claire Buchan: Feb. 6, 2004
    * WH COS Andy Card
    * Time's Matt Cooper: July 13, 2005
    * Ex-WH press. sec. Ari Fleischer (at least twice)
    * A.G. Alberto Gonzales: June 18, 2004
    * Ex-DOS BIR dir. Carl Ford
    * NSA Stephen Hadley
    * Ex-CIA comm. dir. Bill Harlow
    * Assis. Sec. of Commerce/Ex-Rove assist. Izzy Hernandez
    * Assist. Sec. of State Karen Hughes
    * Ex-Sec/State counterproliferation offic. Bob Joseph
    * Washington Post's Glenn Kessler
    * Ex junior WH press aide Adam Levine: Feb. 6, 2004
    * Cheney CoS Irving L. "Scooter" Libby (twice)
    * Ex-Cheney adviser Mary Matalin: Late January, 2004
    * Current WH Press Sec. Scott McClellan: Feb, 6, 2004
    * Ex-CIA dep. dir. John McLaughlin
    * Cheney aide Cathie Martin
    * New York Times ' Judy Miller (twice)
    * CIA comm. dir. Jennifer Millerwise (did not go before grand jury)
    * Columnist Bob Novak
    * Ex-Sec/State Colin Powell: July 16, 2004
    * Ex-Abramoff assist./Rove assist. Susan Ralston
    * WH DCoS Karl Rove (4 times)
    * NBC News' Tim Russert
    * Stranger who stopped Novak in the street
    * Ex-CIA dir. George Tenet
    * Sen. Adviser to Sec/State Jim Wilkinson (has said he did not testify)
    * Ex-Amb. Joseph Wilson

     
On the witness list at one point but never called to tesify:

    * New York Times' Nick Kristoff

     
"Cooperated" with Fitzgerald:

    * Sec/State Condoleezza Rice

     
Others believed to have testified:

    * John Hannah, David Wurmser (senior members of Cheney's staff) (Hotline sources)

     
Other journalists mentioned in press acounts as having initially sparked Fitzgerald's interest:

* Time's Massimo Calabresi
    * Time's Mike Duffy
    * Time's James Carney
    * NBC's Andrea Mitchell
    * NYTer David Sanger
    * Newsday's Timothy M. Phelps
    * Newsday's Knut Royce
    * Newsweek's Evan Thomas
    * Ex-Postie Mike Allen
    * NBC's Campbell Brown
    * WSJ ed. page. editor Paul Gigot / reporter Greg Hitt
    * Ex-celeb. James Guckert/Jeff Gannon

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