Individuals familiar with Fitzgeraldâs case tell RAW STORY that John Hannah, a senior national security aide on loan to Vice President Dick Cheney from the offices of then-Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, John Bolton, was named as a target of Fitzgeraldâs probe. They say he was told in recent weeks that he could face imminent indictment for his role in leaking Plame-Wilsonâs name to reporters unless he cooperated with the investigation. Others close to the probe say that if Hannah is cooperating with the special prosecutor then he was likely going to be charged as a co-conspirator and may have cut a deal. ... Those close to the investigation said in June 2003, Hannah was given orders by higher-ups in Cheneyâs office to leak Plameâs covert status and identity in an attempt to muzzle Wilson, who had been a thorn in the side of the administration since May 2003, when he started questioning the administrationâs claims that Iraq was an imminent threat to the U.S. and its neighbors in the Middle East. The specifics of who issued those orders and what directives were given were not provided. ... âJohn Hannah and David Wurmser, mid-level political appointees in the vice-presidentâs office, have both been suggested as sources of the leak â¦Mid-level officials, however, do not leak information without the authority from a higher level,â Wilson notes. ... ââ¦Hannah and Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis âScooterâ Libby, were the two Cheney employees,â We believe that Hannah was the major player in this,â one federal law-enforcement officer told the magazine. http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Cheney_aide_cooperating_with_CIA_outing_1018.html