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Libby sentenced to 30 months in CIA case
Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the former chief of staff to the US vice-president, became the highest ranking government official since the Iran-Contra scandal to face imprisonment after a judge jailed him for two and a half years for perjury and obstruction of justice.
Luminaries plead for Libby’s clemency
The judge who sentenced Mr Libby to 30 months in prison for perjury and obstruction of justice, released the letters from the 168 luminaries who wrote in to attest to Mr Libby’s character and plead clemency on his behalf – apparently in vain.
White House security violations alleged
The White House was accused by a senior Democratic congressman of systematically ignoring security breaches and violations involving classified material.
Valerie Plame calls leak ‘reckless’
Valerie Plame accused White House and State Department officials of having “carelessly and recklessly” abused her status and said the damage to other CIA operatives “could be equally devastating”.
Editorial comment: Justice is served on an imperial presidency
The Bush White House seems to specialise in tortured political dramas that are impenetrable to those who live outside the Washington Beltway – not to mention around the world.
Libby found guilty in CIA leak case
Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby, the former chief of staff to Dick Cheney, the US vice-president, was convicted on four of five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Libby perjury hearing casts cloud over Cheney
As a Washington jury continues its deliberations on whether Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the former chief of staff of Dick Cheney, the US vice-president, is guilty of perjury and obstruction of justice, he is not the only one whose reputation has come under suspicion.
Scooter jury hears of ‘memory lapse’
The trial of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the vice-president’s former chief of staff, closed with prosecutors accusing him of concocting a “ludicrous” story about how he learned the name of a CIA agent, while the defence called it “madness” to convict him on the basis of a witness “suffering public memory lapses”.
TV reporter contradicts Libby in perjury trial
Tim Russert, host of NBC’s Meet the Press, became the latest witness in the perjury trial of Lewis Scooter Libby to contradict Mr Libby’s testimony to the grand jury.
Explosive start to Libby perjury trial
The perjury trial of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, began explosively as his lawyers argued he was the victim of CIA incompetence.
