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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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Letters: Tap-Water Critics, and Lewis Libby

July 5, 2007 • 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.

Locating the Source of the Plame Leak

Commuted Sentence Ends Libby Controversy

July 4, 2007 • 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.

Columnists Dissect Libby Case

July 3, 2007 • 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.

White House Defends Libby Commutation

July 3, 2007 • 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.

Bush Ignores Justice Department on Libby Decision

July 3, 2007 • 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.

Bush Declines to Rule Out Full Pardon for Libby

July 3, 2007 • Hours after a federal appeals court declined I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's request to delay his prison sentence, President Bush commutes the former White House aide's sentence.

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Locating the Source of the Plame Leak

Wilson Lambastes White House on Libby Case

July 3, 2007 • 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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Bush Decision on Libby Draws Fire

July 3, 2007 • The president's move to spare the former White House aide from 2 ½ years in prison for lying and obstruction of justice in the CIA leak case has brought harsh criticism from Democrats who say the decision shows the administration's lack of accountability.

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Wilson: Commuting Libby's Sentence Is 'Corrupt'

July 2, 2007 • 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.

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

July 2, 2007 • 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.

Court Denies Request to Delay Libby Sentence

July 2, 2007 • The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., refused to delay the sentence of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby while he appeals his conviction.

Judge Denies Libby a Delay in Prison Sentence

June 14, 2007 • A judge denies former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's request to remain free from prison while pending his appeal in the CIA leak case. Libby has been sentenced to 30 months.

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A Libby Supporter Explains His Letter

June 6, 2007 • 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.

Lewis Libby Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

June 5, 2007 • 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.

Libby's Prosecutor Returns to Work in Chicago

March 10, 2007 • Having gained a conviction in Washington, D.C., in the trial of Lewis Libby, special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald heads back to Chicago, his home base. What awaits him there?

Agents See Dangerous Precedent in Plame's Outing

March 7, 2007 • 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.

White House Dismisses Rumors of Pardon for Libby

March 7, 2007 • 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.

Opinion

Investigating the CIA Leak, Libby and Armitage

March 7, 2007 • 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.

Libby Evidence Finds Place at School's Archives

March 7, 2007 • George Washington University's National Security Archive has compiled all of the exhibits of evidence from the Libby trial. What does the material tell us about the White House and the media?

Libby Case Not Pretty for Politicians or Media

March 7, 2007 • There are many losers in the wake of Lewis "Scooter" Libby's perjury conviction. Chief among them may be Washington politicians and Washington journalists. Both groups emerged with soiled images.

Defense Lawyers to Fight Libby's Conviction

March 7, 2007 • Convicted of obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI, former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby faces sentencing in June. But defense lawyers plan to file a motion for a new trial.

Bush Administration Ducks Libby Embarrassment

March 6, 2007 • A White House spokeswoman said that President Bush was saddened for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby upon learning of his conviction on four counts of lying, perjury and obstructing justice. Democrats immediately called on the president to pledge not to pardon Libby.

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