Waxman said those transcripts revealed other information that needed to be pursued. One question, he said, was whether Cheney directed Libby to circulate the fact that Plame was employed by the CIA as part of a campaign to discredit Wilson and insinuate that his trip to Africa was the product of nepotism.
The White House referred calls for comment to the Justice Department.
"The Justice Department will review Chairman Waxman's letter and respond as appropriate," spokesman Peter A. Carr said Tuesday.
William Jeffress Jr., a lawyer for Libby, whose 30-month prison sentence for the perjury-and-obstruction conviction last year was commuted by Bush, criticized the congressional request.
McClellan, he said, testified before the grand jury and was interviewed by Fitzgerald more than once.
"You can be certain that if he had evidence that Scooter or Rove obstructed justice, Fitzgerald would have called him as a witness at trial," Jeffress said. It is "unbelievable that Rep. Waxman thinks there is something to be learned or accomplished by continuing this farce."
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