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The Lewis Libby Case I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, has been found guilty on four of five counts in his perjury and obstruction of justice trial. He was accused of lying to a grand jury that was investigating how Valerie Plame came to be publicly identified as a CIA operative.
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The Lewis Libby Case

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Letters: Tap-Water Critics, and Lewis Libby

Complaints came in from around the country about the quality of tap water — prompted by our interview with a reporter who called American tap water "darn good." Also, listeners disagree that the Lewis Libby case doesn't play outside Washington.

Letters: Tap-Water Critics, and Lewis Libby

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Locating the Source of the Plame Leak

Commuted Sentence Ends Libby Controversy

Syndicated columnist Robert Novak was there at the beginning of the CIA leak case when he revealed the identity of Valerie Plame in his newspaper column. Novak talks about his role in the events that led to a federal investigation and the commuted sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

Commuted Sentence Ends Libby Controversy

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Bush Ignores Justice Department on Libby Decision

President Bush bypassed the usual process in commuting I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's 30-month prison sentence. Pardons have caused a lot of controversy when presidents haven't sought Justice Department advice before granting clemency.

Nina Totenberg Reports on Presidential Pardon Power

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Columnists Dissect Libby Case

Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne says it's all about the Bush administration making a case for war and its willingness to discredit opponents in the process; New York Times columnist David Brooks calls the whole case a farce.

Hear Columnists from 'The Washington Post' and the 'New York Times'

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Locating the Source of the Plame Leak

Retelling the Case that Implicated Libby

A recounting of the case of the leaked identity of CIA analyst Valerie Plame over the past 3 1/2 years, through some of the voices of the key players.

Hear Key Voices from the CIA Leak Case

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White House Defends Libby Commutation

President Bush on Tuesday said he would not rule out issuing a full pardon to former top aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. The White House defended the president's decision to wipe out Libby's 30-month prison sentence.

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Wilson Lambastes White House on Libby Case

Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson says President Bush short-circuited the justice system and circumvented the rule of law when he commuted the prison sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Wilson is the husband of Valerie Plame, the CIA operative whose identity was leaked.

Wilson Lambastes White House on Libby Case

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Wilson: Commuting Libby's Sentence Is 'Corrupt'

Ambassador Joseph Wilson, the former diplomat whose wife was at the center of the CIA leak investigation, denounced President Bush's decision to commute I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence.

Wilson: Commuting Libby's Sentence Is 'Corrupt'

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Libby Won't Go to Prison; Fine, Probation Remain

President Bush has saved former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby from serving a 2 1/2-year prison term. The president commuted Libby's sentence after a federal appeals court refused to delay the sentence pending appeal.

Libby Won't Go to Prison; Fine, Probation Remain

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A Libby Supporter Explains His Letter

Leon Wieseltier describes himself as "the kind of liberal whom many neo-conservatives like to despise." Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic magazine, wrote a letter urging the judge to show mercy to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby at his sentencing Tuesday.

A Libby Supporter Explains His Letter

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Lewis Libby Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

Former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney Lewis Libby is sentenced for his federal convictions on charges of lying to a grand jury and FBI investigators regarding his role in the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's CIA identity. Libby is sentenced to 30 months in prison and a fine of $250,000.

Lewis Libby Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

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Agents See Dangerous Precedent in Plame's Outing

Intelligence insiders lament that nearly four years after the CIA called for a probe into the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's name, no one is charged with what they see as an unpardonable crime: outing an undercover operative.

Agents See Dangerous Precedent in Plame's Outing

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White House Dismisses Rumors of Pardon for Libby

Almost as soon as an obstruction-of-justice conviction was read for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, conservatives began calling on President Bush to pardon the former White House aide. Libby was convicted of lying to obstruct an investigation into who leaked CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.

White House Dismisses Rumors of Pardon for Libby

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Opinion

Investigating the CIA Leak, Libby and Armitage

Mike Isikoff, investigative correspondent for Newsweek magazine, co-wrote Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal and the Selling of the Iraq War, which implicated Richard Armitage in the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.

Investigating the CIA Leak, Libby and Armitage

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