A grave indictment, but grave questions remain
The Nation
by David Corn
10/28/05
If a senior White House official leaks classified information that identifies an undercover CIA officer to reporters in order to undermine a critic of the administration, he is not entitled to lie about it to FBI agents and a grand jury charged with the task of determining if such a leak violated the law. That was special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's message, as he held a dramatic press conference at the Justice Department to explain the five-count indictment his grand jury issued against I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. 'This is a very serious matter,' he insisted...
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?bid=3&pid=32370
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by David Corn
10/28/05
If a senior White House official leaks classified information that identifies an undercover CIA officer to reporters in order to undermine a critic of the administration, he is not entitled to lie about it to FBI agents and a grand jury charged with the task of determining if such a leak violated the law. That was special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's message, as he held a dramatic press conference at the Justice Department to explain the five-count indictment his grand jury issued against I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. 'This is a very serious matter,' he insisted...
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?bid=3&pid=32370
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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