added 2007 Thu Jun 14 19:35:07 by TechnologyExpert
The federal judge who oversaw 'Scooter' Libby's CIA leak trial said Thursday that he received threatening letters and phone calls after sentencing the former White House aide to prison. 'I received a number of angry, harassing mean-spirited phone calls and letters,' U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said.
The federal judge who oversaw 'Scooter' Libby's CIA leak trial said Thursday that he received threatening letters and phone calls after sentencing the former White House aide to prison. 'I received a number of angry, harassing mean-spirited phone calls and letters,' U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said.
added 2007 Thu Jun 7 7:34:07 by TechnologyExpert
Bush has pardoned 113 people during his presidency, including a Tennessee bootlegger and a Mississippi odometer cheat. But none has drawn the public scrutiny, nor posed the same political challenge, as the candidate that many conservatives hope will be pardon No. 114: I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to VP Dick Cheney.
Bush has pardoned 113 people during his presidency, including a Tennessee bootlegger and a Mississippi odometer cheat. But none has drawn the public scrutiny, nor posed the same political challenge, as the candidate that many conservatives hope will be pardon No. 114: I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to VP Dick Cheney.
added 2007 Tue Jun 5 19:01:35 by TechnologyExpert
Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation. Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, stood calmly before a packed courtroom as a federal judge said the evidence overwhelmingly proved his guilt.
Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation. Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, stood calmly before a packed courtroom as a federal judge said the evidence overwhelmingly proved his guilt.
added 2007 Tue Jun 5 19:01:35 by TechnologyExpert
Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation. Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, stood calmly before a packed courtroom as a federal judge said the evidence overwhelmingly proved his guilt.
Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation. Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, stood calmly before a packed courtroom as a federal judge said the evidence overwhelmingly proved his guilt.
added 2007 Wed May 30 15:46:18 by elzorro2162
It's official. Valerie Plame was a covert agent at the time her name was leaked by Novak. Will Victoria Toensing issue an apology? And Fred Hiatt should follow her lead.
It's official. Valerie Plame was a covert agent at the time her name was leaked by Novak. Will Victoria Toensing issue an apology? And Fred Hiatt should follow her lead.
added 2007 Wed May 30 0:58:08 by TechnologyExpert
An unclassified summary of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame's employment history at the spy agency, disclosed for the first time today in a court filing by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, indicates that Plame was "covert" when her name became public in July 2003.
An unclassified summary of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame's employment history at the spy agency, disclosed for the first time today in a court filing by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, indicates that Plame was "covert" when her name became public in July 2003.
added 2007 Sun May 20 2:19:31 by berkeley
The lawyers said any conversations Cheney and the officials had about Plame with one another or with reporters were part of their normal duties because they were discussing foreign policy and engaging in an appropriate "policy dispute.
The lawyers said any conversations Cheney and the officials had about Plame with one another or with reporters were part of their normal duties because they were discussing foreign policy and engaging in an appropriate "policy dispute.
added 2007 Fri May 18 2:49:25 by populist
Attorneys for Vice President Cheney, Karl Rove, Scooter Libby said "told a federal judge today they cannot be held liable for anything they disclosed to reporters about covert CIA officer Valerie Plame or her husband, former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV."
Attorneys for Vice President Cheney, Karl Rove, Scooter Libby said "told a federal judge today they cannot be held liable for anything they disclosed to reporters about covert CIA officer Valerie Plame or her husband, former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV."
added 2007 Fri May 18 1:31:11 by doppich
Attorneys for Cheney and others said any conversations they had with reporters about Plame were part of their normal job duties because they were engaging in an appropriate "policy dispute." Cheney's attorney argued that Cheney is legally akin to the president because of his unique role, and has absolute immunity from any lawsuit.
Attorneys for Cheney and others said any conversations they had with reporters about Plame were part of their normal job duties because they were engaging in an appropriate "policy dispute." Cheney's attorney argued that Cheney is legally akin to the president because of his unique role, and has absolute immunity from any lawsuit.
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added 2007 Mon Mar 26 3:04:16 by TechnologyExpert
Conservative pundits seem miffed that Valerie Plame, her cover blown, decided to pose for Vanity Fair or get a book deal or sell her story to Hollywood. Well, what do they expect? She lost her job, her career. She can't become a covert agent for Canada. Or Mexico. And just because she's bounced back doesn't mean she wasn't victimized.
Conservative pundits seem miffed that Valerie Plame, her cover blown, decided to pose for Vanity Fair or get a book deal or sell her story to Hollywood. Well, what do they expect? She lost her job, her career. She can't become a covert agent for Canada. Or Mexico. And just because she's bounced back doesn't mean she wasn't victimized.
added 2007 Sat Mar 24 6:37:59 by berkeley
In the new March 22 column, Novak can't seem to let go of a favorite right-wing myth - that Plame wasn't a "covert" CIA officer overseeing a sensitive network of spies informing the United States about weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East.
In the new March 22 column, Novak can't seem to let go of a favorite right-wing myth - that Plame wasn't a "covert" CIA officer overseeing a sensitive network of spies informing the United States about weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East.
added 2007 Sat Mar 24 3:51:44 by idyll
Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R) could hardly believe what he heard last Friday on television as he watched a House Committee hearing. Rep. Henry Waxman, the Democratic committee chairman, said his statement had been approved by the CIA director. That included the assertion that Valerie Plame Wilson was a covert CIA operative when her identity was revealed.
Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R) could hardly believe what he heard last Friday on television as he watched a House Committee hearing. Rep. Henry Waxman, the Democratic committee chairman, said his statement had been approved by the CIA director. That included the assertion that Valerie Plame Wilson was a covert CIA operative when her identity was revealed.
added 2007 Sun Mar 18 5:31:00 by JamesMarcus
Valerie Plame broke cover this week to give her side of a story that has engulfed the White House in scandal and led to the conviction of the Vice President's chief of staff for perjury. Here her husband, Joe Wilson, whose opposition to the Iraq war is thought to have provoked her 'outing,' talks to Andrew Buncombe about their ordeal
Valerie Plame broke cover this week to give her side of a story that has engulfed the White House in scandal and led to the conviction of the Vice President's chief of staff for perjury. Here her husband, Joe Wilson, whose opposition to the Iraq war is thought to have provoked her 'outing,' talks to Andrew Buncombe about their ordeal
added 2007 Sat Mar 17 7:27:48 by berkeley
Valerie Plame, the former CIA officer at the heart of a four-year political furor over the Bush administration's leak of her identity, lashed out at the White House yesterday, testifying in Congress that the president's aides destroyed a career she loved and slipped her name to reporters for "purely political motives."
Valerie Plame, the former CIA officer at the heart of a four-year political furor over the Bush administration's leak of her identity, lashed out at the White House yesterday, testifying in Congress that the president's aides destroyed a career she loved and slipped her name to reporters for "purely political motives."
added 2007 Fri Mar 16 21:02:29 by TechnologyExpert
Dr. James Knodell, director of the Office of Security at the White House, revealed today that to his knowledge the White House has never ordered a probe, report, or sanctions as a result of the outing of a covert CIA operative. "I have no knowledge of any investigation in my office," he said.
Dr. James Knodell, director of the Office of Security at the White House, revealed today that to his knowledge the White House has never ordered a probe, report, or sanctions as a result of the outing of a covert CIA operative. "I have no knowledge of any investigation in my office," he said.
added 2007 Fri Mar 16 20:19:38 by Fedquip
Former CIA officer Valerie Plame testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Friday, March 16, 2007.
Former CIA officer Valerie Plame testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Friday, March 16, 2007.
added 2007 Fri Mar 16 17:18:45 by deathray
Valerie Plame Wilson, the former CIA officer whose "outing" led to the conviction of a former White House aide, testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Friday morning.
Valerie Plame Wilson, the former CIA officer whose "outing" led to the conviction of a former White House aide, testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Friday morning.
added 2007 Fri Mar 16 16:45:13 by Neophile
Valerie Plame, the CIA operative whose outing triggered a federal investigation, appeared before a congressional committee Friday and said administration officials "should have been diligent" in protecting her identity.
Valerie Plame, the CIA operative whose outing triggered a federal investigation, appeared before a congressional committee Friday and said administration officials "should have been diligent" in protecting her identity.
added 2007 Tue Mar 13 8:03:01 by TechnologyExpert
As Atrios first noted, a new CNN poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly believe that President Bush should not pardon Scooter Libby, who was convicted last week on felony charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
As Atrios first noted, a new CNN poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly believe that President Bush should not pardon Scooter Libby, who was convicted last week on felony charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
added 2007 Fri Mar 9 0:21:59 by TechnologyExpert
Valerie Plame, the CIA operative exposed after her husband criticized President Bush's march to war, will testify next week before lawmakers probing how the White House dealt with her identity, the chairman of the panel said Thursday. Also invited to testify March 16 before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is Patrick Fitzgerald,
Valerie Plame, the CIA operative exposed after her husband criticized President Bush's march to war, will testify next week before lawmakers probing how the White House dealt with her identity, the chairman of the panel said Thursday. Also invited to testify March 16 before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is Patrick Fitzgerald,
added 2007 Wed Mar 7 5:05:15 by TechnologyExpert
In legal terms, the jury has spoken in the Libby case. In political terms, Dick Cheney is still awaiting a judgment. With Tuesday's verdict on Mr. Libby - guilty on four of five counts, including perjury and obstruction of justice - Mr. Cheney's critics, and even some of his supporters, said the vice president had been diminished.
In legal terms, the jury has spoken in the Libby case. In political terms, Dick Cheney is still awaiting a judgment. With Tuesday's verdict on Mr. Libby - guilty on four of five counts, including perjury and obstruction of justice - Mr. Cheney's critics, and even some of his supporters, said the vice president had been diminished.
added 2007 Tue Mar 6 23:19:27 by TechnologyExpert
The jurors who convicted I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby believed Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff was set up as a fall guy, a juror said Tuesday, but they had no alternative to finding him guilty in the leak of the identity of a classified CIA operative.
The jurors who convicted I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby believed Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff was set up as a fall guy, a juror said Tuesday, but they had no alternative to finding him guilty in the leak of the identity of a classified CIA operative.
added 2007 Tue Mar 6 23:11:20 by TechnologyExpert
President George W. Bush has the constitutional power to pardon Lewis "Scooter" Libby, but will he do it? Democrats were immediately suspicious that he will, the White House was careful not to rule it out, and Intrade, an online prediction exchange on issues from politics to weather, opened a futures market on whether it would happen.
President George W. Bush has the constitutional power to pardon Lewis "Scooter" Libby, but will he do it? Democrats were immediately suspicious that he will, the White House was careful not to rule it out, and Intrade, an online prediction exchange on issues from politics to weather, opened a futures market on whether it would happen.
added 2007 Tue Mar 6 21:30:12 by Wil
"This trial provided a troubling picture of the inner workings of the Bush Administration. The testimony unmistakably revealed - at the highest levels of the Bush Administration - a callous disregard in handling sensitive national security information and a disposition to smear critics of the war in Iraq." [via tpm]
"This trial provided a troubling picture of the inner workings of the Bush Administration. The testimony unmistakably revealed - at the highest levels of the Bush Administration - a callous disregard in handling sensitive national security information and a disposition to smear critics of the war in Iraq." [via tpm]
added 2007 Tue Mar 6 18:42:08 by Aidenag
Jurors reached a verdict Tuesday in the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former White House aide accused of lying and obstructing an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity. The verdict will be read at 12 noon EST.
Jurors reached a verdict Tuesday in the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former White House aide accused of lying and obstructing an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity. The verdict will be read at 12 noon EST.
added 2007 Sat Mar 3 22:37:01 by idyll
It's juicy stuff -- and now that Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, is on trial defending accusations that he lied to FBI agents investigating the leak -- Warner Bros. has decided to snag the life rights of Plame and Wilson for -- you guessed it -- a delicious Hollywood movie.
It's juicy stuff -- and now that Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, is on trial defending accusations that he lied to FBI agents investigating the leak -- Warner Bros. has decided to snag the life rights of Plame and Wilson for -- you guessed it -- a delicious Hollywood movie.
added 2007 Wed Feb 21 18:54:43 by TechnologyExpert
After five weeks and 19 witnesses into the CIA leak trial, jurors have begun deciding the fate of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Jurors heard a full day of closing arguments in Libby's perjury and obstruction trial Tuesday.
After five weeks and 19 witnesses into the CIA leak trial, jurors have begun deciding the fate of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Jurors heard a full day of closing arguments in Libby's perjury and obstruction trial Tuesday.
added 2007 Sun Feb 11 4:20:43 by TechnologyExpert
On Monday, lawyers for the vice president's former chief of staff will start presenting their defense. But they will have to make some quick decisions. One of their potential star witnesses-Dick Cheney-is due to leave the country for a 10-day trip to Asia on Feb. 19. So conveniently or not, the vice president's loyalty to his former top aide may
On Monday, lawyers for the vice president's former chief of staff will start presenting their defense. But they will have to make some quick decisions. One of their potential star witnesses-Dick Cheney-is due to leave the country for a 10-day trip to Asia on Feb. 19. So conveniently or not, the vice president's loyalty to his former top aide may
added 2007 Sat Jan 27 4:04:37 by Aidenag
The president's political guru-and counselor Dan Bartlett-have been subpoenaed by Scooter Libby's lawyers. What it means for the most-watched trial in Washington-and who's next on the witness stand.
The president's political guru-and counselor Dan Bartlett-have been subpoenaed by Scooter Libby's lawyers. What it means for the most-watched trial in Washington-and who's next on the witness stand.
added 2007 Wed Jan 24 18:20:54 by Spadecaller
Opening statements are heard in the trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff. Libby is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in the Valerie Plame Wilson leak investigation.
Opening statements are heard in the trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff. Libby is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in the Valerie Plame Wilson leak investigation.
