By talking tough on such issues as crime and national identity, she has somewhat broadened her appeal.

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Under some circumstances, the disclosure of an undercover agent's identity can be a federal crime, though that specific offense was never alleged in this case.

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But, because Arizona did not have a cyberstalking law, prosecutors charged him with a lesser crime: using the identity of another person.

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Congress mandated this because identity theft is the fastest growing white collar crime in the United States.

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"People who wish to express their alternative sub-culture identity freely should not have to tolerate hate crime, " Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan said.

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However, Fitzgerald said in order to charge Libby with a crime for leaking Plame's identity, the prosecution would have to prove Libby knew the information was classified at the time he shared it and that he acted with recklessness.

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Robert Novak writes today, that he cooperated with a federal investigation into whether a crime was committed when government officials leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame.

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