> Bush 'involved' in CIA leak case

A former White House press secretary has said the US president was involved in misinforming the public over the leaking of a CIA agent's identity.

In an excerpt from his book, Scott McClellan says George W Bush helped mislead the public over the role in the affair of two White House aides.

The CIA agent, Valerie Plame, says her identity was leaked because her diplomat husband opposed the Iraq war.

The White House said Mr Bush would not ask anyone to pass false information.

WHAT IS CIA LEAK CASE ABOUT?

Libby was found guilty of lying to the FBI and a grand jury over revelations about CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity.

Critics said the White House leaked Ms Plame's identity to undermine her husband, ex-ambassador Joseph Wilson.

He had publicly cast doubt on the Bush administration's case for war in Iraq,
The alleged cover-up, rather than the leak itself, was the subject of the Libby trial.