Judge dismisses CIA leak lawsuit法官驳回CIA泄密官司

A US judge has dismissed a former CIA operative’s lawsuit against senior Bush administration officials, eliminating one of the last court cases over the leaking of Valerie Plame’s identity.Plame, the wife of former ambassador Joseph Wilson, had accused Dick Cheney, the vice-president, and others of conspiring to leak her identity in 2003.美国法官已驳回了前中央情报局执行的诉讼，对布什政府的资深官员，消除最后一个诉讼案件超过泄露帕拉米的identity.plame ，妻子的前美国驻华大使约瑟夫威尔逊，指责切尼，副总统，以及其他的阴谋泄露她的身份在2003年。

She said that violated her privacy and was illegal retribution for her husband’s criticism of the administration’s Iraq war policy.她说，侵犯了她的隐私权，是非法的报应，她丈夫的批评布什政府的伊拉克战争政策。

US District Judge John Bates dismissed the case on Thursday on jurisdictional grounds and said he would not express an opinion on the US constitutional arguments.美国地区法院法官约翰贝茨学院驳回此案上周四管辖方面的理由，并表示他不会发表任何意见，对美国宪法的争论。

Bates dismissed the case against all defendants: Cheney, White House political adviser Karl Rove, former White House aide I Lewis “Scooter” Libby and Richard Armitage, a former deputy secretary of state.贝茨学院驳回此案对所有被告：切尼，白宫政治顾问罗夫，前白宫幕僚刘易斯"踏板车"利比和阿米蒂奇，前副国务秘书。

Leaked to media 泄露给媒体

Plame’s identity was revealed in a syndicated newspaper column in 2003, shortly after Wilson began criticising the administration’s march to war in Iraq.普莱姆的身份被暴露在集团报纸专栏，在2003年后不久，威尔逊就开始批评政府的3月到伊拉克战争。

Armitage and Rove were the sources for that article, which touched off a lengthy leak investigation.阿米蒂奇和罗夫来源为文章中，这引发了冗长的泄密调查。

Nobody was charged with leaking but Libby was convicted of lying and obstructing the investigation.没有人会被落案控以泄露，但利比被裁定撒谎和妨碍调查。

George Bush, the US president, commuted Libby’s 2 1/2-year prison term before the former aide served any time.老布希任内，美国总统，减刑利比的2年半的刑期之前的前幕僚送达的任何时候。

While Bates did not address the constitutional questions, he seemed to agree with administration officials who said they were acting within their job duties.贝茨，而没有涉及宪政问题，他似乎同意美国政府官员表示，他们是代理其职务。

Plame had argued that what they did was illegal and outside the scope of their government jobs.普拉姆曾辩称，他们的举动是非法的范围之外，他们的政府职位。

“The alleged means by which defendants chose to rebut Mr Wilson’s comments and attack his credibility may have been highly unsavoury,” Bates wrote. "所称的方法，使被告选择了反驳威尔逊的意见，并攻击他的可信度可能已经非常不受欢迎， "贝茨写道。

“But there can be no serious dispute that the act of rebutting public criticism, such as that levied by Mr Wilson against the Bush administration’s handling of pre-war foreign intelligence, by speaking with members of the press is within the scope of defendants’ duties as high-level executive branch officials.” " ，但不可能有任何严重的纠纷，该法的批驳公众的批评，例如像征收威尔逊对布什政府的处理战前外国情报中，在谈到与新闻界成员是内部的范畴被告职责作为高层次的行政部门官员" 。

Plame’s lawyers said they would appeal the decision.普莱姆的律师表示，他们将提起上诉的决定。

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