Waxman Subpoenas Plame Documents From Justice Dept.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the Justice Dept. in a bid to get documents relating to the outing of former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson.

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the committee, is seeking FBI interviews with President Bush and Vice President Cheney related to what role, if any, they played in the scandal, as well as "unredacted interviews with  Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, Condoleezza Rice, Scott McClellan, and Cathie Martin," according to a letter that Waxman sent Attorney General Michael Mukasey on June 3.

At that time, Waxman asked Mukasey to turn over the materials he sought by June 10 or face a possible subpoena. That subpoena was issued today.