NBC's headline is currently "White House won't challenge leak story". According to the informatino provided, Bush may be free and clear with Fitz, but Cheney isn't.
"In his court filing, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald asserted that "the president was unaware of the role" that Libby "had in fact played in disclosing" Plame's CIA status. The prosecutor gave no such assurance, though, regarding Cheney."
What could the White House gain from challenging the story? But at the same time, how will their silence or the weak explanation of "no political gain" be spun?
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