Title
ABC News/Washington Post White House CIA Leak Poll, September 2003 [electronic resource] ABC News, The Washington Post
Summary
This special topic poll, conducted September 30, 2003, was undertaken to assess respondents' opinions of an alleged CIA leak by someone in the White House. Respondents were asked if they approved of the way George W. Bush was handling his job as president, and whether they had heard or read about the United States Department of Justice investigation into whether a White House official broke the law by identifying a former diplomat's wife as an undercover CIA agent. Respondents were polled on the seriousness of the matter, as well as on the likelihood that the White House leaked this classified information and that President Bush knew about it in advance. Additional questions asked whether the investigation should be handled by the United States Department of Justice or by an outside investigator that was not part of the Bush Administration, whether the respondent thought that the Bush Administration was fully cooperating with the investigation, and if the investigation found that someone in the White House leaked classified information, whether that person should lose their job and face criminal charges. Background variables include sex, political affiliation, and political ideology.Cf: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03941.v1