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Washington is preoccupied with the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.(The Week)
Washington is preoccupied with the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Now why is there a trial? Let's see. Shady characters in the Bush administration were thought to have outed Valerie Plame Wilson as a CIA employee in retaliation for the self-aggrandizing (and largely false) anti-Iraq War oped her husband Joe had published in the New York Times. It soon became clear that Valerie was an analyst, not a covert operative, and that the leak of her identity therefore did not constitute a crime under the Intelligence Identities Protection Act. We also know that the leaker was not Libby but Colin Powell's deputy Richard Armitage, an Iraq War skeptic who let Valerie's name slip out inadvertently. In short, there was no crime, and nothing to investigate. But special ...
- Libby links Bush to leak OK; Cites shoring up case for Iraq war.(PAGE ONE)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times April 7, 2006 700+ words
...authorized I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to disclose the name of Valerie...this goes way beyond Scooter Libby," Mr. Schumer said. "At...information." CAPTION(S): Libby [NO CREDIT] Democratic Sen...intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war. [Photo by AP]
- Libby indictment likely to spark new debate about Iraq war.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) October 28, 2005 700+ words
...criminal charges against Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the chief of staff to Vice President...administration, and the context is critical. Libby's indictment represents for the Bush...central character in anything that happens to Libby. As such, what had been a crucial strength...
- Bush rips Iraq war critics; Says Democrats' 'false charges' hurt troop...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times November 12, 2005 700+ words
...manipulating intelligence to justify the Iraq war, saying such "false charges" undercut...of intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war." White House spokesman Scott McClellan...chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, saying it showed the administration...
- Secret session on Iraq war.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) November 2, 2005 700+ words
...Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, had served as a catalyst for their anger. "The Libby indictment provides a window into what this...and other agencies in the run-up to the Iraq war. But Roberts had promised that a second...
- U.S.: REASONS FOR IRAQ WAR REMAIN MURKY, 5 YEARS INTO INVASION.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service March 19, 2008 700+ words
...assertion in his recent memoir that "The Iraq war is largely about oil," this theory has...s future chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby, and contributed to by future ambassador...Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Libby, Khalilzad and several other future senior...
- Pants on fire; Lexington.(George W. Bush defends accuracy of military...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) November 19, 2005 700+ words
...George Bush succeed in his offensive against critics of the Iraq war? IT HAS been a mighty long time coming. But finally the administration...and the indictment of the vice-president's aide, Scooter Libby (who is accused of trying to cover up briefings against a critic...
- Prelude to a Leak; Gang fight: How Cheney and his tight-knit team launched the...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Barry, John (Irish bishop) Isikoff, Michael Hosenball, Mark October 31, 2005 700+ words
...Wolfowitz proteges: I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, Cheney's chief of staff, and Douglas...possibly including Karl Rove and Scooter Libby. Of course, Fitzgerald could always pack...bringing broad conspiracy charges against Libby, Rove and perhaps others, though it...
- Indictment renews debate over reasons for Iraq war.
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) October 28, 2005 700+ words
...whole thing started. War opponents quickly stressed that Lewis Libby's indictment deals with efforts to discredit a critic who...scholar at the University of Southern California, called the Libby indictment "another" White House problem. "It's not enough...
