White House grapples with allegation

If CIA agent’s name was intentionally leaked, laws may have been broken

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 — Senior Bush administration officials responded Sunday to allegations that White House officials revealed the identity of a CIA agent in an apparent retaliatory move against her husband. “The Justice Department will now take appropriate action, whatever that is,” national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” MSNBC.com and NBC News reported Friday that the Justice Department has launched an investigation into the allegations.

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