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 Subject: Investigate the White House

      Dear friend,

      According to the Washington Post, "two top White House officials"
      committed a high crime in the first weeks of July.  They handed
      over the identity of an American secret agent to journalists.  They
      blew her cover, risking the lives of colleagues and contacts and
      possibly erasing years of intelligence work.  Why?  "Purely and
      simply for revenge," an administration official told the Post.
      The spy's husband was a vocal critic of the Iraq war.

      The White House and the Justice Department has known about this
      crime for months -- after all, the agent's identity was published
      in scores of newspapers in early July.  But until a few days ago,
      they did nothing about it.  And even now, President Bush has said
      he has no plans to ask his staff whether they were connected to it.

      Republicans contend that an investigation by the Justice Department
      will reveal any wrongdoing.  But Justice Department chief John
      Ashcroft -- who was appointed by President Bush and who employed key
      Bush advisor Karl Rove -- is hardly neutral.  Already, there are
      signs that the investigation will give the White House room to
      cover the crime up.

      The fact is that only under constant pressure will the truth come out.
      If we don't speak up now, the investigation could be left in John
      Ashcroft's hands, and the perpetrators and the crime could be swept
      under the rug.  Please join me and thousands of others in telling
      John Ashcroft and Congress that you want a special prosecutor --
      someone who isn't tied to the Bush Administration -- to investigate
      this illegal and vindictive act.

      You can sign on to MoveOn.org's petition now at:
      http://moveon.org/intimigate/?id=-3028189-LCcj0dHvj3qv6hwItBYOZg

      Thanks.

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