Documents Increasingly Substantiate Role of VP In Attacking Wilson

Cheney Authorized Leak Of CIA Report Libby Says, by Murray Waas, National Journal: “Vice President Dick Cheney directed his then-chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, on July 12, 2003 to leak to the media portions of a then-highly classified CIA report that Cheney hoped would undermine the credibility of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Court Responds to Public Disclosures of Info in Libby Case

Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, New Libby Filing Demands Release of Documents Related to Iraq Intel [“The defense intends to show the jury that the controversy over intelligence failures during the spring and summer of 2003 led certain officials within the White House, State Department and the CIA to point fingers at each other…’], today from …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Senator Demands Clarification on Use of Warrantless Domestic Surveillance

Follow-up to April 6, 2006 posting, AG’s Statements to House Judiciary Cmte. Maintain Authority of Domestic Surveillance, this letter today from Sen. Barbara Boxer to AG Gonzales: “I am deeply concerned with your recent testimony before the House Judiciary Committee in which you suggested that the President has the authority to wiretap conversations between Americans …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Legal Research, Privacy

New Libby Filing Demands Release of Documents Related to Iraq Intel

Another update on U.S. v. Libby, via FindLaw: “‘Scooter’ Libby’s defense attorneys charge that prosecutors refuse to turnover relevant discovery materials for his criminal defense, and that public interest shows “that this case is factually complex and that the government’s notion that it involves only Mr. Libby and (the office of the vice president) is …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research