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: Text: Bob Woodward's Public Statement
: Nov 16 11:26 AM US/Eastern
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: By The Associated Press
: Text of Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob
: Woodward's
: statement regarding his testimony in the case of the leak of a
: CIA
: operative's name, as published by The Washington Post: ___
: On Monday, November 14, I testified under oath in a sworn
: deposition to Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald for
: more than two hours about small portions of interviews I
: conducted with three current or former Bush administration
: officials that relate to the investigation of the public
: disclosure of the identity of undercover CIA officer
: Valerie Plame.
: The interviews were mostly confidential background interviews
: for my 2004 book "Plan of Attack" about the
: leadup to the Iraq war, ongoing reporting for The
: Washington Post and research for a book on Bush's second
: term to be published in 2006. The testimony was given under
: an agreement with Fitzgerald that he would only ask about
: specific matters directly relating to his investigation.
: All three persons provided written statements waiving the
: previous agreements of confidentiality on the issues being
: investigated by Fitzgerald. Each confirmed those releases
: verbally this month, and requested that I testify.