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| US judge dismisses CIA leak case |
| judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit brought by ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame against Vice-President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 20-July-2007
2:44:31 AM |
| Ms Plame accused them of conspiring to leak her identity, thus ruining her CIA career, in retaliation for her husband criticising their Iraq war policy.
US District Judge John Bates said Mr Cheney and the other officials had a right to respond to criticism.
Ms Plame was "very disappointed" and planned to appeal, her lawyer said.
She and her husband, former US ambassador Joseph Wilson, had sought financial damages for violation of their privacy rights.
As well as Mr Cheney, those named in the case were Karl Rove, a senior adviser to President George W Bush, former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
Libby was convicted on perjury and obstruction of justice charges in March but Mr Bush intervened earlier this month to spare him from going to jail.
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