CIA Leak Trial Summary
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By The Associated Press
February 07,2007 | — A summary of testimony from witnesses in the
obstruction and perjury trial of former White House aide I. Lewis
“Scooter” Libby:
MARC GROSSMAN: A former undersecretary of state, Grossman said he
told Libby on June 11 or 12, 2003, that Valerie Plame, the wife of a
prominent war critic, worked at the CIA. Under cross-examination,
Grossman acknowledged some inconsistencies in his statements, such as
whether the conversations were face-to-face or over the phone.
ROBERT GRENIER: The former No. 3 official at the CIA testified that
he told Libby about Plame on June 11, 2003. He originally told
investigators he did not recall such a conversation but said he
“developed a growing conviction” that he must have said it.
CRAIG SCHMALL: Libby’s daily CIA briefer, Schmall testified that
Plame and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, were discussed
during Libby’s briefing on June 14, 2003. Schmall based that on his
notes from the briefing.
CATHIE MARTIN: Cheney’s former spokeswoman, Martin testified that
she told Libby sometime before July 6, 2003, that Wilson’s wife worked
at the CIA.
ARI FLEISCHER: A former White House press secretary, Fleischer
recalled Libby telling him about Plame over lunch July 7, 2003, and
saying the information was “hush hush.” Fleischer relayed that
information to reporters. He received immunity from prosecution in
exchange for his testimony.
DAVID ADDINGTON: A former counsel to the vice president who now
serves as Cheney’s chief of staff, Addington said Libby asked him what
documents would be available if a CIA employee’s spouse was sent
overseas. As the leak investigation began, Addington said Libby asked
how someone could know a CIA officer was undercover and told him, “I
didn’t do it.”
JUDITH MILLER: A former New York Times reporter, Miller says Libby
discussed Plame on June 23 and July 8 of 2003 — days before Libby says
he first learned about the operative. Miller acknowledges she spoke
with other government officials, has a spotty memory and cannot be
“absolutely, absolutely certain” she did not learn about Plame
elsewhere.
MATTHEW COOPER: A former Time magazine reporter, Cooper said he had
an off-the-record conversation in which Libby confirmed he, too, had
heard that Wilson’s wife was involved in sending him on the trip to
Niger. That appears nowhere in Cooper’s notes, however, and his
description of the ground rules of the conversation have changed.
Defense lawyers say Libby told Cooper only that he had heard that, too,
from other reporters and did not know whether it was true.
DEBORAH BOND: The chief FBI agent in the leak investigation
described the bureau’s two interviews with Libby, on Oct. 14 and Nov.
26, 2003. She said Libby said he first learned Wilson’s wife worked for
the CIA from Cheney about June 12, 2003, but forgot that conversation.
Libby told the FBI he thought he was hearing the information for the
first time from NBC reporter Tim Russert on July 10 or 11, 2003.
TIM RUSSERT: The host of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Russert testified
that Plame never came up in a July 2003 phone call with Libby. Libby
says Russert told him “all the reporters know” Plame worked for the
CIA. Libby says he repeated the information based on Russert’s comment.
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