Did Cheney OK Libby’s Leak of Secret Info?
Vice President Cheney's indicted former top aide, Scooter Libby, has told a grand jury that his "superiors" granted him permission to give secret information to reporters to help bolster the White House's case for war on Iraq. | storyAP
: WASHINGTON – A former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney told a federal grand jury that his superiors authorized him to give secret information to reporters as part of the Bush administration’s defense of intelligence used to justify invading Iraq, according to court papers.
Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said in documents filed last month that he plans to introduce evidence that I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Cheney’s former chief of staff, disclosed to reporters the contents of a classified National Intelligence Estimate in the summer of 2003. | story
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He is caught on tape admitting to stealing a Pentagon document marked "Secret," about war against Iran.
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