[lepton]

Basically, we didn't know anything about him until this stuff came out in June. And among the other things, I didn't know he had a wife.

Despite Fitzgerald's implications, according to Fitzgerald's own timeline, this appears to be true...or at worst, some time after May 29th.

[ImphClinton]

But the problem is Libby is not saying he didn't know Wilson's wife. He is simply saying he said this to reporters. He is admitting under oath that he lied when not under oath to reporters. What is the crime in that? If Fitz ever asked Libby when he became aware of Wilson's wife's CIA status it is not quoted in the indictment. In each case quoted Libby is recounting a conversation he had with a reporter where he lied to make sure he didn't out Wilson's wife but rather passed information from one reporter to another and even questioned it's truthfulness while knowing all the time the truth himself.
When he states "I didn't know it was true and I wanted them to understand that" he is simply stating that from Russet's conversation he didn't know it was true and he wanted them to know that. He knew he couldn't divulge CIA information and thus didn't by lying and saying he didn't know, even though he did.

Remember to put this into context the first answer if very important.
"Q. And it's your specific recollection that when you told Cooper about Wilson's wife working at the CIA, you attributed that fact to what reporters –
A. Yes."

After this he is referring to what knowledge he had from reporters NOT what he knew from the CIA or other White House Staff. Many people in sensitive positions must do this. Keep tract of what they can tell others and what they can't. It appears from this testimony that Libby did a great job of this.

But Fitz is blind and simply sees through his partisan blinders shades of Democratic talking points.