Sunday, July 24, 2005

CIA's Tenet was 'furious' over [Plame CIA] leak, Schumer says

Buffalo News - CIA's Tenet was 'furious' over leak, Schumer says: "By DOUGLAS TURNER | News Washington Bureau Chief | 7/23/2005

Former agency chief called Justice Dept. to investigate

WASHINGTON - Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., revealed Friday that two years ago he discussed the blown cover of CIA operative Valerie Plame with then CIA director George Tenet and that Tenet 'was furious.'

Tenet promptly called the Justice Department to demand an investigation into who in the Bush administration leaked Plame's identity to columnist Robert Novak, Schumer said at a hearing held by House and Senate Democrats."

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