FULL COVERAGE: White House Plamegate Indictments
US VP Dick Cheney's Top Aide Charged With Lying To Grand Jury - US Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been charged with perjury, making a false statement and obstruction of justice in relation to the investigation into the outing of Valerie Plame a CIA agent in an act of retaliation against administration critic Ambassador Joe Wilson. See... Cheney Aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Indicted. See also: Full Text Of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Indictment & White House Official I. Lewis Libby Indicted
COMMENTARY:Bernard Weiner - Window Into The White House Cesspool Jason Leopold - Now It’s About The Niger Forgeries Linda Minor - Linda Minor: Scooter Libby’s Client, Marc Rich Sheila Samples -Sheila Samples: Hey Harkavy!
CONGRESSIONAL REACTION:Rep. John Conyers On Scooter Libby Indictment Howard Dean Statement on the Libby Indictment Pelosi Statement on Indictment of I. Lewis Libby Dennis J. Kucinich On The Libby Indictment President's Remarks on the Resignation of Libby Ambassador Joe Wilson On Libby Indictment Vice President's Statement on Libby Resignation Senate Dem. Leader Harry Reid On Libby Indictment Senator John Kerry Statement On Libby Indictment
EARLIER:
William Rivers Pitt: As The Plamegate Waiting Game Drags On… - 8:12 am - Wake, sling blankets aside, startling cat into sudden flight. 8:13 am - Pull up New York Times web site, scan for news of Fitzgerald indictment. 8:14 am - Thump head repeatedly on desk, further confusing already-rattled cat. See... William Rivers Pitt: Diary of a Plamegate Junkie
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Ray McGovern - Cheney's Chickens Come Home to Roost
Jason Leopold - Judith Miller's Unusual Relationship With Iraq Grp
Jason Leopold - Cheney's Role In Plame Outing Under Scrutiny
William Rivers Pitt - The Heart of the Matter
Norman Solomon - Judith Miller, the Fourth Estate, & Warfare State
Scoop Link - Judith Miller & NYT Come Clean
David Swanson - Peering Under the Plame Outing