[Mb-civic] "Senior Cooperating Witness"

[Mike Blaxill]

Cheney may be target of probe

BY JAMES GORDON MEEK, THOMAS M. DeFRANK and
KENNETH R. BAZINET
NY DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON - A special prosecutor's intensifying
focus into who outed a CIA spy has raised
questions whether Vice President Cheney himself
is involved, knowledgeable sources confirmed
yesterday.

At least one source and one reporter who have
testified in the probe said U.S. Attorney Patrick
Fitzgerald is pursuing Cheney's role in the
Valerie Plame affair.

In addition, at least six current and former
Cheney staffers - most members of the White House
Iraq Group - have testified before the grand
jury, including the vice president's top honcho,
Lewis (Scooter) Libby, and two top Cheney
national security lieutenants.

Cheney's name has come up amid indications
Fitzgerald may be edging closer to a blockbuster
conspiracy charge - with help from a secret
snitch.

"They have got a senior cooperating witness -
someone who is giving them all of that," a source
who has been questioned in the leak probe told
the Daily News yesterday.

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