Byline: Michael Wines New York Times
Attorney General Dick Thornburgh has ordered an inquiry to determine whether anyone in the Justice Department provided journalists with politically damaging information about House Democratic leaders.
His move came as senior Democrats in Congress questioned whether the disclosures had come from the department.
An aide to Thornburgh, David Runkel, when asked at a news conference if the disclosures might have been politically motivated, said: "If there is some attempted interference here, in the on-goings of the Democratic caucus on the Hill, it's of concern to us."
He said that he believed only "low- level" employees in the Justice Department or the FBI …
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