JURIST - Paper Chase: Bush consults outside counsel in CIA name leak investigation

President Bush has met with a Washington attorney about an ongoing grand jury investigation to determine who in the administration leaked the name of an undercover CIA agent to the media, according to the White House. Bush is not the subject of the investigation, but he may be interviewed by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald or may need to testify in the investigation. Fitzgerald was appointed to investigate six months ago, and has been bringing witnesses before the grand jury since January. Bush may have sought outside counsel because discussions with White House counsel Alberto Gonzales are not covered by the attorney-client privilege. Bush has called on members of the administration to cooperate in the investigation into who leaked information that Valerie Plame, wife of former ambassador Joseph Wilson, was an undercover CIA operative. Newsday has more.