Charles Lane, The Washington Post:
" A federal judge dealt a setback to I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's defense in the CIA leak case yesterday, telling the former vice presidential aide's attorneys that he is likely to deny their request for a vast trove of government documents." Read more.Photo credit: I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby (By J. Scott Applewhite -- Associated Press Photo)
Plame Leak Investigation Source Materials:
- FindLaw: Plame Investigation Leaks
Links to court rulings, briefs, and government documents pertaining to the leak investigation (and the First Amendment battle).
Perspectives:
- Bloomberg: Libby's Lawyer Says He'll Seek Testimony From Wilson (Update1)
- Firedoglake: Desperation Sets In
- The Left Coaster: Scooter's Team Loses Another One
- Daily Kos: UPDATED: Libby Says 5 Witnesses To Say Wilson Outed His Wife, He Was Warned Of Consequences of Outing
- The Corner on National Review Online: More on Wilson/Libby
- Libby lawyer to argue Bush's role in leak
The lawyer for former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby said on Friday he would argue that his client revealed intelligence on Iraq after Vice President Dick Cheney authorized it and President George W. Bush declassified the information.
- NEW: Shuster: Prosecutors may have more on Rove
- NEW: Last Question Is Obstruction for Fitzgerald, Rove
Jason Leopold reports that hundreds of pages of emails and memos "discovered" by the White House in February and turned over to Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald show that Karl Rove played a much larger role in the Valerie Plame Wilson leak case than he had previously disclosed to a grand jury and FBI investigators.
- NEW: Fitzgerald to Seek Indictment of Rove
- NEW: Rove's Time in Limbo Near End in CIA Leak Case
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