employee's identity

The investigation is continuing, but the employee's identity is still unknown.

The form requires employers to document the employee's identity and eligibility to work in the United States by looking at certain papers.

It is used by an employer to verify an employee's identity and to establish that the worker is eligible to accept employment in the United States.

Increase in Fines "We're asking employers to do two things with the I-9 form: verify the employee's identity and authorization to work in this country," Mr. O'Malley said.

Mr. Fitzgerald's mandate, according to the letter appointing him special counsel in the case in December 2003, was to investigate "the alleged unauthorized disclosure of a C.I.A employee's identity."

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) required employers to verify that all newly-hired employees present "facially valid" documentation verifying the employee's identity and legal authorization to accept employment in the United States.

The Attorney General has used this authority to appoint Special Counsels to investigate such sensitive matters as the government assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, and the unauthorized disclosure of a CIA employee's identity.

During this ongoing federal inquiry "into the alleged unauthorized disclosure of a CIA employee's identity," a possible violation of criminal statutes, including the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, and Title 18, United States Code, Section 793, Libby testified to FBI agents and to the grand jury.