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, U.S. Attorney For The Northern District Of Illinois ]] CIA leak grand jury investigation (rel. Valerie Plame Affair ) is an ongoing federal inquiry "into the alleged unauthorized disclosure of a CIA employee's identity,", a possible violation of criminal statutes, including the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 , and Title 18, United States Code , Section 793. In September 2003 , the CIA requested that the Justice Department investigate the possible unauthorized disclosure of a CIA officer’s classified identity. Then- Attorney General John Ashcroft recused himself and named Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey , to be "acting attorney general" for the case. Comey in turn named U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Patrick Fitzgerald to the case on December 30 , 2003 . BASIC FACTS See articles, Plame Scandal Timeline and Plame Affair for additional details. In his July 14 2003 newspaper column, Robert Novak revealed the name of an allegedly covert CIA agent. Novak identified Valerie Plame , wife of Joseph C. Wilson IV , as an agency operative. Wilson, a former U.S. Ambassador , criticized the Bush Administration in a July 6 , 2003 editorial in '' The New York Times ''. Wilson argued that the Bush Administration misrepresented intelligence prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq . In his column, Novak diminished Wilson’s claims, writing: :Wilson never worked for the CIA, but his wife, Valerie Plame, is an Agency operative on weapons of mass destruction. Two senior administration officials told me Wilson's wife suggested sending him to Niger to investigate... GRAND JURY Grand Jury sworn in on October 31 , 2003 . On September 26 , 2003 , the Department of Justice and the FBI began a criminal investigation into the possible unauthorized disclosure of classified information regarding Valerie Wilson’s CIA affiliation to various reporters in the spring of 2003. I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Jr., a senior White House official, was indicted on October 28 , 2005 . KNOWN GRAND JURY WITNESSES ]] ]] ]]
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INDICTMENT OF LIBBY On October 28, 2005, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Jr. , a senior White House official, was indicted on charges of Obstruction Of Justice , Perjury and making false statements in the CIA leak investigation into the Plame Affair . Libby was charged with lying to FBI agents and to the grand jury about two conversations with reporters, Tim Russert of NBC News and Matt Cooper of Time magazine. According to the Indictment, the obstruction of justice count alleges that while testifying under oath before the grand jury on March 5 and March 24 2004, Libby knowingly and corruptly endeavored to influence, obstruct and impede the grand jury’s investigation by misleading and deceiving the grand jury as to when, and the manner and means by which, he acquired, and subsequently disclosed to the media, information concerning the employment of Valerie Wilson by the CIA. From January 20, 2001, to October 28, 2005, Libby served as Assistant to the President, Chief of Staff to the Vice President, and Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs. After the indictment was released to the public, Libby resigned his position in the White House. COURT PROCEEDINGS On November 3, 2005, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby entered a not guilty plea in front of U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton, a former prosecutor who has spent two decades as a judge in the nation's capital. Due to the huge amount of classified material that has been requested by Libbys defense, it has been speculated that Libby is using Graymail as defense-tactic. He has also added the greymail expert John D. Cline to his defense team. [http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2006/0209nj1.htm In December 2005, Patrick Fitzgerald responded to a motion by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., to unseal all or part of the redacted portion of a United States Court of Appeals for the Distict of Columbia opinion issued on February 15, 2005. The opinion pertained to oral arguments held on December 8, 2004. The opinion of the court was released on February 3, 2006 to the public.[http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/libby-appealscourtruling-20060203.pdf [http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/docs/common/opinions/200502/04-3138a.pdf#search='judge%20tatel%20opinion%20pdf'][http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/libby-fitzgerald-affidavit-20060203.pdf] On January 31, 2006, letters exchanged between Libby's lawyers and Fitzgerald's office concerning matters of discovery were released to the public. {Link without Title} {Link without Title} On March 17, 2006, Patrick Fitzgerald filed the government's response to a motion by Scooter Libby's defense team dismiss the indictments. [http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/documents/2006_03_17_governments_response_to_motion_to_dismiss.pdf On April 5, 2006, Patrick Fitzgerald filed the government's response to a motion by Scooter Libby's defense team issues of discovery. [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/pdf/libbyplame.pdf On April 12, 2006, Fitzgerald issued a correction to some of the information in the government's motion.[http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/fitzgerald-correction/] NEW GRAND JURY After a six week break, Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald presented information to a new grand jury on December 8, 2005. Fitzgerald continues to investigate possible criminal charges against senior White House adviser Karl Rove. The term of the previous grand jury expired on the day it indicted Libby. In separate interviews, Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Robert D. Luskin, the attorney for presidential adviser Karl Rove, were questioned under oath about a conversation the longtime friends had over drinks in the first half of 2004. The questions focused on Luskin and Novak discussion about Rove's potential exposure in the probe. In the Dec. 19, 2005 edition of Time Magazine, Viveca Novak chronicles her involvement in the CIA leak investigation, including her two interviews with Special prosecutor Fitzgerald. During the first interview, V. Novak met with Fitzgerald on Nov. 10 for about two hours in her lawyer's office. GOVERNMENT LETTERS OR MEMOS ''Letter from James B. Comey, Acting Attorney General, to Patrick J. Fitzgerald, United States Attorney'' "By the authority vested in the Attorney General by law, including 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, and 515, and in my capacity as Acting Attorney General pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 508, I hereby delegate to you all the authority of the Attorney General with respect to the Department's investigation into the alleged unauthorized disclosure of a CIA employee's identity, and I direct you to exercise that authority as Special Counsel independent of the supervision or control of any officer of the Department." REFERENCES |
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