Lewis Libby

Obama's 'Katrina moment'

2013-05-17 06:05:00

It has been a rough week or so for the Obama administration. From Benghazi to the tapping of reporters' phones to the IRS admitting that it targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, the press is in a frenzy, and many are questioning President...

Obama should exonerate the CIA agent who blew the whistle on torture

2013-04-30 04:30:00

Though he did not participate in torture, ex-CIA agent John Kiriakou was the first person to publicly acknowledge the Bush administration's inhumane abuse of detainees ("The truth about torture," April 23). Mr. Kiriakou's disclosures informed the public...

Obama's unpardonable neglect of clemency

2013-01-13 05:00:00

One of the under-reported promises made by Congressman Ehrlich in the gubernatorial campaign of 2002 was to re-energize the pardon power in Maryland. My advisers thought it a bit loony to make the pledge, since the race promised to be close and there...

The secret wars

2012-06-13 09:06:18

Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and the other leaders of Congress' intelligence committees this week issued a strong, bi-partisan statement of condemnation for recent leaks of classified information about America's clandestine operations abroad, including...

Bush statement on Libby decision

2007-07-03 00:00:00

3 judges hear Sun's appeal in access case

2005-11-30 00:00:00

RICHMOND, Va. // A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals pointedly dissected arguments yesterday from lawyers for Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and The Sun, who are embroiled in a legal battle over the governor's decision to...

Biographical information on Libby

2005-10-28 00:00:00

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr. Age: 55 Title: Resigned today as Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff and assistant to the vice president for national security affairs. Education: Yale University, 1972; Columbia University Law School, 1975....

Aides' woes could badly harm Bush

2005-10-17 00:00:00

Washington // It's not often that President Bush, who casts himself as decisive and bold, is cut off from decisions of grave importance to his presidency. But as he and his team brace for the results of a lengthy CIA leak investigation that has reached...

Summary of CIA leak charges

2005-10-28 00:00:00

Text of Cheney statement

2005-10-28 00:00:00

Libby known for discretion, loyalty

2005-10-28 12:27:00

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was walking down a nearly deserted street in Des Moines, Iowa, last year after a long day on the campaign trail with his boss, Vice President Dick Cheney. Libby encountered a group of reporters who had just finished dinner at a...

Julie Hirschfeld Davis on the CIA leak probe

2005-11-02 00:00:00

T.C., Columbia: What differentiates Robert Novak from the other journalists that revealed [CIA agent Valerie] Plame's identity? What repercussions could he be facing? Davis: This is one of the more intriguing mysteries of the CIA leak investigation,...

On November 9, former President George W. Bush released his first post-presidency book called 'Decision Points'. In the book Bush explained some of the more difficult points in his presidency, including squabbles between himself and Dick Cheney over Scooter Libby, waterboarding, and being told by

2010-11-26 17:57:31

Famous for leading the investigation into the prosecution of Scooter Libby, Conrad Black, George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich, U.S. Attorney and Department of Justice Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald is 50 today. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

2009-12-22 03:19:55

Columnist Robert Novak speaks to reporters after he testified at the Washington trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby in February 2007.

2009-08-18 10:23:34