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Nobody was charged with the leak. Fitzgerald said that Libby learned Plame's identity from his boss, Vice President Dick Cheney, and discussed it with journalists. Libby says he forgot about his conversation with Cheney and, when he heard about Plame from NBC reporter Tim Russert weeks later, it struck him as new information.

Fitzgerald says Libby concocted that story to protect himself from prosecution because repeating rumors from reporters is less serious than repeating sensitive information from Cheney.

The tapes are expected to take up much of Monday and part of Tuesday.

Russert is scheduled to be Fitzgerald's last witness, most likely late Tuesday.

[Howlin]

because repeating rumors from reporters is less serious than repeating sensitive information from Cheney.

Sensitive information? So he's acknowledging it wasn't classified?

And can somebody tell me what exactly is wrong with an administration using the information that have -- that turned out to be the truth -- to defend themselves from liars like Joe Wilson?

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