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2 in CIA to testify Libby lied on leak
New York Daily News ^ | 5/23/06 | JAMES GORDON MEEK

Posted on 05/23/2006 11:45:25 AM PDT by Carling

WASHINGTON - Two top CIA officials will bolster prosecutors' charge that Vice President Cheney's chief aide lied to them, court papers show. Prosecutors say disgraced Cheney chief of staff Lewis (Scooter) Libby learned CIA spy Valerie Plame's identity from, among others, agency officials who will be called to testify at his trial for perjury, false statements and obstruction of justice.

The U.S. alleges he learned about Plame from one of the CIA officials when he went after dirt on her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson. Wilson shattered a pillar of President Bush's rationale for war - that Iraq was seeking to build a nuclear weapon.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cialeak; craigschmall; grenier; libby; nigerflap; plame; robertgrenier; schmall
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How important is this to the case? Does this mean Russert is a liar as well?
1 posted on 05/23/2006 11:45:30 AM PDT by Carling
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To: Carling

R-U-S-S-E-R-T


2 posted on 05/23/2006 11:47:04 AM PDT by samadams2000 (Somebody important make The Call.....pitchforks and lanterns.!)
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To: Howlin

Scooter Ping


3 posted on 05/23/2006 11:47:09 AM PDT by Carling (It's Danny, Sir)
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Wilson shattered a pillar of President Bush's rationale for war - that Iraq was seeking to build a nuclear weapon.
B.S. DNC talking point.
4 posted on 05/23/2006 11:47:41 AM PDT by peyton randolph (Time for an electoral revolution where the ballot box is the guillotine)
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To: Carling

"The U.S. alleges he learned about Plame from one of the CIA officials when he went after dirt on her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson"

Someone needs to read the indicment, it explicitly says he was trying to correct the mistatements in the press that wilson was sent at Cheney's request, not for political revenge. But hey, why let facts get in the way of "news."


5 posted on 05/23/2006 11:47:59 AM PDT by Explorer24 (CIA agents to testify against Bush admin official, no way?!?! LMAO)
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To: Carling

"Wilson shattered a pillar of President Bush's rationale for war"

No need to read past this partisan BS.


6 posted on 05/23/2006 11:48:50 AM PDT by Prokopton
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To: Explorer24

Who wrote this article, a communist?


7 posted on 05/23/2006 11:48:52 AM PDT by Williams
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To: Carling

"Wilson shattered a pillar of President Bush's rationale for war - that Iraq was seeking to build a nuclear weapon." And a bi-partisan Senate committee shattered Wilson, but hey, why repor that in the "news."


8 posted on 05/23/2006 11:48:58 AM PDT by Explorer24 (CIA agents to testify against Bush admin official, no way?!?! LMAO)
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To: Carling

My guess is this reporter is talking out his ass.


9 posted on 05/23/2006 11:48:59 AM PDT by pissant
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Prosecutors say disgraced Cheney chief of staff Lewis (Scooter) Libby

The Prosecutor actually called Libby disgraced?

10 posted on 05/23/2006 11:49:04 AM PDT by Ben Mugged (If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.)
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To: Carling

Gee, Libby's defense lawyers are denied CIA reports and briefings so Prosecutor not only is going to use it at trial, NEXT YEAR, but makes sure it's in the public record in advance to taint the jury.


11 posted on 05/23/2006 11:49:10 AM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: Prokopton

The CIA officials testifying is what caught my attention. The Daily News is left of the NYT, but what implications will this testimony have in the case against Libby?


12 posted on 05/23/2006 11:49:50 AM PDT by Carling (It's Danny, Sir)
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To: Carling

Note it does not say "former" or "retired" CIA agents. Probably friends of McCarthy.


13 posted on 05/23/2006 11:50:33 AM PDT by gaspar
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To: Carling
My money says that, if two CIA officers intend to testify against Libby, that one of them will be Mary O. McCarthy and the other will be a "fellow traveler." Whomever it is should be investigated right along with the traitor McCarthy.
14 posted on 05/23/2006 11:50:59 AM PDT by vetsvette (Bring Him Back)
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To: pissant
They can TALK out them now, too??? Up until now, I thought they just THOUGHT that way. '-)
15 posted on 05/23/2006 11:51:19 AM PDT by NordP (Reagan/GWB Republican - Bauer Patriot)
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To: Carling

The 12 days of Fitzmas just keep rolling along.


16 posted on 05/23/2006 11:51:55 AM PDT by atomicpossum (Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
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To: Carling

Why are the CIA Agents, who revealed the identity of Plume not indicted? (Because they are Clinton holdover democrats)


17 posted on 05/23/2006 11:52:52 AM PDT by Moby Grape
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To: Carling

I can't answer your question- but here was my first reaction- and it's a pretty startling one for me-

"And I'm supposed to trust the word of someone in the CIA"??


18 posted on 05/23/2006 11:53:16 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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"But subsequent documents allege Libby asked top CIA official Robert Grenier on June 11 why the agency sent Wilson to Niger to see if Iraq tried to buy uranium. Grenier replied that Plame was an agent and "believed responsible" for arranging her husband's trip.
The other official was Craig Schmall, a CIA briefer whom Libby complained to about the Wilson trip on June 14, court files allege."

Plame, Valerie Wilson or Wilson's wife is the differences. He may have very well learned Plame's name from Russert where before he only knew her as Wilson's wife?
19 posted on 05/23/2006 11:54:14 AM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: STARWISE; Peach; Howlin; onyx

Libby ping!


20 posted on 05/23/2006 11:54:38 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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