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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material.http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer/entities/en/20747.htmlenhttp://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66F4LF20100716?type=domesticNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNewshttp://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66F4LF20100716?type=domesticNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A retired U.S. State Department official got life in prison Friday and his wife a sentence of 6-3/4 years for spying for Havana for three decades because they shared the Cuban revolution's ideals.Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200reuters-b85c644cd58604adbbfe7a5db42edac9reutersenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8371798.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8371798.stmA retired US state department official and his wife have admitted spying for Cuba for nearly three decades.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100bbc-3fd97eeceb4e7b4c4445469e0e1f5650bbcenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/OYoplhDO5XI/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/OYoplhDO5XI/index.htmlA former State Department analyst and his wife have a court date Thursday as a federal judge reviews their possible trial on charges of spying for Cuba.Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100cnn-83828165f1907401e2d444d90b26fa6fcnnenhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/nation/~3/EPVRukmnP2U/la-na-holocaust3-2009sep03,0,3869156.storyhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/nation/~3/EPVRukmnP2U/la-na-holocaust3-2009sep03,0,3869156.storyJames von Brunn was on a suicide mission and had plotted for months before he killed a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, prosecutor says. The suspect asks the judge for a 'speedy trial.' The 89-year-old white supremacist accused of killing a guard at the U.S.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200latimes-c1bd3b38fd6ed0f5046fb47f7727ec33latimesenhttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=7864520&page=1http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=7864520&page=1Government prosecutors in USA v. Myers – involving an American couple accused of spying for the Cuban government -- requested without opposition to freeze a retirement account owned by the defendants, 72-year-old Walter Kendall Myers and 71-year-old Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200ABCnews-2d4739208c9a9428a138c40a4cbdd76dABCnewsenhttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/18/national/main4874194.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._4874194http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/18/national/main4874194.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._4874194A former Bush White House aide was sentenced to 2 years in prison on Wednesday for stealing nearly $600,000 from a government-funded program that promotes democracy in Cuba.Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100CBSnews-32f3498bbe7d7f429eda4d03e9881854CBSnewsenhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/bid+to+ban+god+from+inauguration/2904137http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/bid+to+ban+god+from+inauguration/2904137President-elect Barack Obama wants to end his inaugural oath with the words "so help me God" but a group of atheists is asking a US federal judge to stop him. California atheist Michael Newdow sued Chief Justice John Roberts in federal court for an injunction to bar the use of those words in the inaugural oath.Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100channel4news-7353f9db1e9c2580c1dcef760b305c98channel4newsenhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080219/ap_on_go_ot/anthrax_reporters_sourceshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080219/ap_on_go_ot/anthrax_reporters_sourcesAP - A federal judge said Tuesday he will hold a former USA Today reporter in contempt if she continues refusing to identify sources for stories about a former Army scientist under scrutiny in the 2001 anthrax attacks.Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100news-yahoo-31d7ad7d170c30c391e51480a9ced299news-yahooenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/133057987/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/133057987/index.htmlLibby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, had been convicted of lying and obstruction of justice in the CIA-leak case. Bush would not directly address a question about whether he is disappointed in the White House officials who leaked Plame's name.Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0200cnn-53909eb8ff806d415670752ec7c45253cnnenhttp://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-07-05-white-house-libby_N.htm?csp=34http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-07-05-white-house-libby_N.htm?csp=34The White House on Thursday made fun of former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for criticizing President ...Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0200usaToday-cdcecfebd087cb7d4ea2ce8a6c846566usaTodayenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2117827,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfronthttp://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2117827,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfrontPresident faces criticism for commuting jail sentence imposed on disgraced White House staffer.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0200guardian-482b8bc828072724a2a7b2369fc299b1guardianenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/129882626/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/129882626/index.htmlBush left intact a $250,000 fine and two years probation for Libby, according to a senior White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced. Bush's move came hours after a federal appeals panel ruled Libby could not delay his prison term in the CIA leak case.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0200cnn-f0ca164089532aeb9aa544ef1cc6ac34cnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/124863013/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/124863013/index.htmlA federal judge on Thursday ordered I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to report to prison while his attorneys appeal his perjury and obstruction convictions.Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200cnn-8b60c51fdc958a1bb912cb22697e9acccnnenhttp://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/14/america/14cndlibby.phphttp://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/14/america/14cndlibby.phpWASHINGTON: A federal judge refused Thursday to delay the start of the prison sentence for I. Lewis Libby Jr. in the CIA leak case while he appeals his conviction. The ruling intensifies the legal and political drama surrounding Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney who was....Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200IHT-393543deb7174291fdb41499189982eeIHTenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/71f36e4e-137e-11dc-9866-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=5aedc804-2f7b-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/71f36e4e-137e-11dc-9866-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=5aedc804-2f7b-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.htmlLewis “Scooter” Libby, the former chief of staff to the US vice-president, on Tuesday 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.Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200ft-c2bbd83f9c01e851e83a0bc138037647ftenhttp://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2617458.ecehttp://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2617458.ecePublished: 06 June 2007 Lewis "Scooter" Libby, once chief of staff to Vice-President Dick Cheney, has been jailed for 30 months for perjury and obstructing justice in the CIA leak case.Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200independent-a9591de34f195b3051257ab65b09f4b6independentenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/122346900/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/122346900/index.htmlI. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for lying to investigators in the CIA leak case. He also was fined $250,000. Libby was found guilty in March of lying about what he told reporters about CIA operative Valerie Plame.Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200cnn-055a59cf2efe3588ccd38341cec19986cnnenhttp://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2546544920070525?feedType=RSShttp://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2546544920070525?feedType=RSSWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's unremorseful former top aide should be sentenced to 2 1/2 to 3 years in prison for perjury and obstruction of justice in a case linked to the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war, the special prosecutor in the case said on Friday.Sat, 26 May 2007 00:00:00 +0200reuters-446ac6048273f309480517f0b505ea7areutersenhttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2960370&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2960370&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312In the Theater of Congress, Plame Appearance Shows Not All Questions Are Meant to Get AnswersSun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100ABCnews-f2838d827dd506da6aedb3cf88b51ddcABCnewsenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/dcffd7a0-cc51-11db-a661-000b5df10621.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/dcffd7a0-cc51-11db-a661-000b5df10621.htmlLewis "Scooter" Libby, the former chief of staff to Dick Cheney, the US vice-president, was convicted yesterday on four of five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice. Mr Libby, looking ashen but resolute, showed no emotion as the jurors solemnly spoke the single word "guilty" on each of the four separate counts.Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100ft-8726ba13ffb1dc586c054e33c8bf04f2ftenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2027856,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2027856,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1Dick Cheney's former chief of staff has been found guilty on four out of five counts of perjury and obstruction.Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100guardian-b65c77287af2cc844cd0a5bddb25f762guardianenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/99478120/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/99478120/index.htmlA judge Monday asked jurors in the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby perjury trial to clarify a question they posed in a note to the bench as they deliberate the fate of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff.Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100cnn-cd4ab031385c18aa834a48c4d85b60bccnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/96219953/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/96219953/index.htmlWASHINGTON (AP) -- After the judge dismissed a juror Monday, the fourth day of deliberations ended without a verdict in the perjury trial of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Most of the morning was consumed by deciding what to do about an art historian on the jury who saw or read something over the weekend about the trial.Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100cnn-e8b993452275be6f49f411c4438e4e07cnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/96219953/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/96219953/index.htmlWASHINGTON (AP) -- A juror was dismissed from the trial of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on Monday after court officials learned she had been exposed to information about the case over the weekend. U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton ordered the juror removed, saying "what she had exposure to obviously disqualifies her.Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100cnn-b3c301f3f8f44f064812dbf1be22357ecnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/94481904/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/94481904/index.htmlIt was probably going to be the most anticipated testimony of the perjury and obstruction of justice trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney.Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100cnn-40a6aa5150f3ff5fb391e0a726cae78ccnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/93899987/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/93899987/index.htmlJurors in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby began deliberating Wednesday. Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, is charged with lying and obstructing the investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100cnn-93030dcddf845b21c462e935f3d64dd6cnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/93333967/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/93333967/index.htmlJurors are expected to begin deliberations Wednesday in the trial of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. In final arguments, the prosecution said he lied to block FBI efforts in the CIA leak probe. Defense attorneys argued Libby was just a very busy man with a bad memory.Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100cnn-fbc603f258ab064dad9e528081aee71ccnnenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/c8e42f0e-c121-11db-bf18-000b5df10621.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/c8e42f0e-c121-11db-bf18-000b5df10621.htmlThe trial of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the vice-president’s former chief of staff, closed on Tuesday 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”.Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100ft-484632803bc4f908c511d6cc59f5d7beftenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_mostpopular/~3/90839094/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_mostpopular/~3/90839094/index.htmlThe defense and prosecution rested Wednesday in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100cnn-30cc723a4c987c4efeda3c9e495439edcnnenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2012851,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2012851,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12Neither Dick Cheney, the US vice-president, nor his former chief of staff Lewis 'Scooter' Libby will give evidence at Mr Libby's trial.Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100guardian-93fe485d08a72e5c334b16a136790abcguardianenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/89811144/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/89811144/index.htmlThe journalist who first revealed the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame testified Monday that two top government officials were his sources. Robert Novak added: "I got no help and no confirmation of it from Mr. Libby." Libby, Vice President Cheney's chief of staff at the time, is not charged....Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100cnn-c36f8e45ca9e49c5e2ebdf959f129f82cnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/89812349/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/89812349/index.htmlThe defense in I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's perjury trial opened Monday, calling The Washington Post's Bob Woodward to testify about a conversation he and then-Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage had about CIA operative Valerie Plame.Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100cnn-67e56dcd54745492f3039fff95518f11cnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/87687479/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/87687479/index.htmlThe prosecution in the trial against Lewis "Scooter" Libby concludes its case Wednesday with testimony from Tim Russert, host of NBC's "Meet the Press." Prosecutors have said that Russert will testify that Libby called him in 2003 and complained about what Libby felt was unfair news coverage of a....Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100cnn-f3c5d9714de0c91c2a9f9022165949e3cnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/86338968/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/86338968/index.htmlProsecutors in the criminal trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby plan to rest their case as soon as Tuesday.Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100cnn-8eca70bfc73955e2b51b560e4d3859d5cnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/84535404/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/84535404/index.htmlFormer New York Times reporter Judith Miller testified Wednesday she doesn't recall learning the identity of former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson from any government officials other than Lewis "Scooter" Libby -- in a June 23, 2003, meeting with him.Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100cnn-1741055c66c59b38bfbcb9cf9269ce79cnnenhttp://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/30/news/libby.phphttp://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/30/news/libby.phpAddington, a prosecution witness, said Libby also asked how a person would know whether a Central Intelligence Agency employee they met was undercover. "I told him, 'You wouldn't know unless you ask,'" Addington said. Libby, 56, is accused of lying to investigators looking into whether U.S.Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100IHT-8fe16e4c5b9c2c5897ddaf1aa9880afcIHTenhttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2830835&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2830835&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312By MATT APUZZO WASHINGTON Jan 29, 2007 (AP) — Former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's perjury trial continues to expose the inner workings of the White House media machine. Cathie Martin, the former spokeswoman for Vice President Dick Cheney who last week discussed the preferred....Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100ABCnews-280490ea6ba9e05d9300a46f609f0978ABCnewsenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/82249520/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/82249520/index.htmlTwo of President Bush's top advisers, Karl Rove and Dan Bartlett, have been subpoenaed as possible witnesses in trial of former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby.Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100cnn-1a8819d1dec7f6d45267a761d2cd63c7cnnenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1999552,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1999552,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12President Bush's administration was today preparing for damaging repercussions from testimony by one of its own officials in the perjury trial of Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, the former chief of staff to the US vice-president Dick Cheney. Cathie Martin, Mr Cheney's former spokeswoman, yesterday told a....Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100guardian-f59768b5a333d0eae55a4a575a2fdbacguardianenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/d87c33bc-ab19-11db-b5db-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/d87c33bc-ab19-11db-b5db-0000779e2340.htmlThe perjury trial of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, began explosively on Tuesday as his lawyers argued he was the victim of CIA incompetence and that the White House wanted to scapegoat him in order to protect Karl Rove, the strategist seen as key to keeping the Republican party in office.Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100ft-5076f23538b6845d8987fa0708318140ftenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/d87c33bc-ab19-11db-b5db-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/d87c33bc-ab19-11db-b5db-0000779e2340.htmlThe perjury trial of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former chief of staff to Vice-President Dick Cheney, began explosively on Tuesday as his lawyers argued he was the victim of CIA incompetence and that the White House wanted to scapegoat him in order to protect Karl Rove, the strategist seen as key to keeping the Republican party in office.Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100ft-af44e2e310d5d7a0604e071a6d15c99fftenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/454f8fce-a4ea-11db-b0ef-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/454f8fce-a4ea-11db-b0ef-0000779e2340.htmlIt has all the ingredients of a tantalising Washington courtroom drama: a sitting vice-president testifying for the first time, suspicions of a cover-up of a White House effort to discredit a critic of the Iraq war, a mysterious mission to Africa by a flamboyant ambassador and the outing of a CIA agent.Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100ft-79926cb9dad4e42c406d6635b02bae8bftenhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0116/cia.htmlhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0116/cia.htmlLibby goes on trial over CIA identity leak 16 January 2007 19:45 The trial of former top White House aide Lewis 'Scooter' Libby on perjury charges opened in a case that has all the elements of a political spy thriller. The case could see US Vice President Dick Cheney called in to provide testimony.Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100RTERadio-0bbdd5bd47dd6c1388f416abef5226bcRTERadioenhttp://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/01/15/2003344901http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/01/15/2003344901Libby trial to begin tomorrow IDENTITY LEAK: The vice president's former aide is standing trial on charges of perjury and obstruction of an investigation into the leak of a CIA officer's identity to the press AP, WASHINGTON Monday, Jan 15, 2007, Page 7 Former White House aide I.Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100taipeitimes-3db15cb38b65dcfc21211b08531082d0taipeitimesenhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/13/america/NA-GEN-US-CIA-Leak-Trial.phphttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/13/america/NA-GEN-US-CIA-Leak-Trial.phpWASHINGTON: Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby goes on trial Tuesday over the administration's response to one critic who questioned assertions President George W. Bush made four years ago to justify waging war against Iraq. Once the right-hand man to Vice President Dick Cheney, Libby....Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100IHT-0099cfec6bf01306842578b7c7e9da73IHTenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/03285584-8fcf-11db-9ba3-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/03285584-8fcf-11db-9ba3-0000779e2340.htmlDick Cheney, US vice-president, will be called to testify as a witness at the trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, his former chief of staff who stands accused of lying to a grand jury investigating the leaking of a CIA agent's name, a defence lawyer said yesterday.Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100ft-bf0764153127f68605ec223d13c72678ftenhttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2738068&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2738068&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312Cheney to Be Called As Defense Witness in CIA Leak Trial in What Could Be Historic TestimonyTue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100ABCnews-1375365e9ab061703c853635b2e4f7cfABCnewsenhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15539945/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15539945/The Bush administration has told a federal judge that terrorism suspects held in secret CIA prisons should not be allowed to reveal details of the "alternative interrogation methods" that their captors used to get them to talk. The government says in new court filings that those interrogation....Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100newsweek-ed68c8ffd6dc63d8975b7a21c8afadb5newsweekenhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14941062/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14941062/The judge in the CIA/leak case ruled Thursday that if Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald feels that admitting certain classified documents at the upcoming trial of I Lewis "Scooter" Libby can jeopardize national security, Fitzgerald can then move to dismiss the perjury charges against Libby. [!]Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0200RSS-msnbc-96dc0d06a5e9416f783853f7325fbaf9RSS-msnbcenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5863272,00.htmlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5863272,00.htmlLibby to Get Limited Classified Info Saturday June 3, 2006 5:46 PM AP Photo NYET703 By TONI LOCY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A former White House aide facing perjury charges will get only a prosecutor's summary of classified documents assessing the damage to national security from the....Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0200guardian-a5b8e8255511cf092952bcedb296a1bcguardianenhttp://www.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/POLITICS/05/26/libby.reporters/index.html?section=cnn_latesthttp://www.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/POLITICS/05/26/libby.reporters/index.html?section=cnn_latestWASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two reporters, a television network, a magazine and a newspaper might have to surrender notes before the trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the indicted former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. Libby's lawyers had subpoenaed a broad range of notes to help prepare his defense....Fri, 26 May 2006 00:00:00 +0200RSS-cnn-1610f4d8276cc47cfa9b857df50d7d5eRSS-cnnenhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/05/cia.leak/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/05/cia.leak/index.htmlWASHINGTON (CNN) -- Defense attorneys for Lewis "Scooter" Libby plan to call Karl Rove as a witness and challenge the credibility of a former diplomat at the center of the CIA leak investigation, the lawyers said Friday. Libby, the former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, is accused of....Sat, 06 May 2006 00:00:00 +0200cnn-e397f5c161f9f0ac7bd8dededa3c4924cnnenhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12517021/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12517021/WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Thursday refused to throw out the criminal charges against former White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby stemming from an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative’s identity. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton rejected Libby’s argument that the appointment of....Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0200newsweek-08af5af31e59cf4c86d566a45eb51891newsweekenhttp://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-04-19T012509Z_01_N18398067_RTRUKOC_0_US-BUSH-LEAK.xmlhttp://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-04-19T012509Z_01_N18398067_RTRUKOC_0_US-BUSH-LEAK.xmlBy Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former White House aide fighting perjury charges should not get access to reporters' notes and other newsroom material because they have no relevance to his case, several news outlets told a U.S. judge on Tuesday.Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0200reuters-a6aa299a7a2cf494c44d9b7a8fdeefd9reutersenhttp://www.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/POLITICS/04/06/cia.leak/index.html?section=cnn_latesthttp://www.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/POLITICS/04/06/cia.leak/index.html?section=cnn_latestWASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide testified that President Bush authorized the release of parts of a classified report on Iraq to rebut criticism of the case for the 2003 invasion, federal prosecutors disclosed in documents released Thursday.Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0200RSS-cnn-96f823a9baa54a5199fb3be320f06a4dRSS-cnnenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5694126,00.htmlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5694126,00.htmlProsecutor Opposes Libby Motion to Dismiss Saturday March 18, 2006 1:01 AM AP Photo NYET732 WASHINGTON (AP) - Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald on Friday disputed the claim of Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide that the prosecutor lacks legal authority to indict him in the CIA leak investigation.Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100guardian-3c5bcf62c5d333cd1915480dd90dcf1aguardianenhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/16/cialeak/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/16/cialeak/index.htmlWASHINGTON (CNN) -- Defense lawyers for Lewis "Scooter" Libby confirm they have issued subpoenas to reporters and media outlets as they prepare to fight charges against the former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. Subpoenas were sent to The New York Times, its former reporter Judith Miller,....Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100cnn-11cf86005ebd2c87436f40309bba29a2cnnenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5606886,00.htmlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5606886,00.htmlLibby: White House 'Superiors' OK'd Leaks Friday February 10, 2006 1:31 AM By TONI LOCY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney told a federal grand jury that his superiors authorized him to give secret information to reporters as part of the Bush....Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100guardian-d97fe8719a4eea804a665df97425ea79guardianenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5592291,00.htmlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5592291,00.htmlFriends Raise $2 Million for Libby Defense Friday February 3, 2006 9:01 PM AP Photo DCMC109 WASHINGTON (AP) - Friends and supporters of former White House aide I. Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby have raised $2 million to help him pay his legal bills. Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, was....Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100guardian-96289bc42dd0843fab497e65cf7f6b5dguardianenhttp://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1349798http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1349798Novak, part of a team tracking the CIA case for Time, has written or contributed to articles quoting Luskin that characterized the nature of what was said between Rove and Matthew Cooper, the first Time reporter who testified in the case in July. A grand jury indicted I.Sun, 27 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0100ABCnews-b5b563f8187e9fbe4f449fb8634e5dbdABCnewsenhttp://www.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/POLITICS/11/16/woodward.leak/index.html?section=cnn_ushttp://www.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/POLITICS/11/16/woodward.leak/index.html?section=cnn_usWashington Post's Bob Woodward on Monday said he provided a sworn deposition to the special prosecutor in the CIA leak investigation case. That case led to the indictment of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby. Woodward said he was told of the CIA analyst's identity, but not by Libby.Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0100RSS-cnn-c362590d59aa3d74521425470844ff44RSS-cnnenhttp://www.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/POLITICS/11/16/woodward.leak/index.html?section=cnn_mostpopularhttp://www.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/POLITICS/11/16/woodward.leak/index.html?section=cnn_mostpopularThe Washington Post's Bob Woodward learned the identity of a CIA analyst from an unnamed Bush administration official almost a month before it was publicly revealed, the reporter said in a statement published Wednesday.Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0100RSS-cnn-eb07bc3fcc81a92cbeff244dc6709442RSS-cnnenFri, 04 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0100RSS-CBC-881e614c3243f70ed122fab8f710a054RSS-CBCenhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/03/leak.probe/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/03/leak.probe/index.htmlHe is not charged with deliberately disclosing the name of a covert agent, which is a federal offense. NBC's Tim Russert, Time magazine's Matt Cooper and The New York Times' Judith Miller are among the reporters Libby spoke to about Plame, according to the indictment.Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0100cnn-6b496ccf330b3cb753c4778198ca0ccccnnenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4398734.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4398734.stmThey also showed the media footage of the moments when one of the couple's young sons was told of his father's death. Mrs Wilson said: "If anybody knows anything at all, if they don't want to get involved, there is a way of passing this information on to the police.Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0100bbc-a53ca71e5963a3d27dc576edffb74d4fbbcenhttp://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article323785.ecehttp://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article323785.ecePublished: 01 November 2005 Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the senior White House official charged over the CIA leak affair, is to appear in court this week, as investigators continue their inquiries into the activities of President George Bush's senior political adviser, Karl Rove.Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0100independent-9d2eee4f4331c7632665a870a2a1c164independentenhttp://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7FB2B202-C323-451E-8768-A237D87691C6.htmhttp://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7FB2B202-C323-451E-8768-A237D87691C6.htmUS Vice President Dick Cheney's former long-time chief of staff, Lewis Libby, will make his first court appearance on Thursday on criminal charges stemming from the CIA leak investigation, the court said on Monday, as Cheney replaced Libby with two influential aides. Libby is expected to plead innocent.Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0100aljazeera-en-393338e302a40cd86bc37f7a203be23aaljazeera-enenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-5377730,00.htmlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-5377730,00.htmlCheney Adviser Resigns After Indictment Saturday October 29, 2005 3:31 AM AP Photo WHRE101 By JOHN SOLOMON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff resigned Friday after he was indicted on charges of obstructing a grand jury investigation and lying about....Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0200guardian-b011e5cbed9e3e5e549d2f57d5c2b374guardianen