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Guilty Count 5 - Perjury: Libby knowingly provided false testimony in court about his conversation with reporters regarding Valerie Plame Wilson’s CIA employment.
Guilty Count 5 - Perjury: Libby knowingly provided false testimony in court about his conversation with reporters regarding Valerie Plame Wilson’s CIA employment.
<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17479718/ MSNBC]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17479718/ MSNBC]</ref>
'''Shame on the Washington Post, Again'''... False Claims ... that Plame was not a covert CIA officer involved with sensitive counter-proliferation operations – and that therefore no real crime was committed when the Bush administration leaked her identity. ... Toensing leaves out, however, that it has been Libby’s defense lawyers who have fought to exclude evidence of Plame’s covert CIA status because they regard the fact as likely to prejudice the jury against their client. <ref>[http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/021907Parry-too.shtml Baltimore Chronicle]</ref>
'''Shame on the Washington Post, Again'''... False Claims ... that Plame was not a covert CIA officer involved with sensitive counter-proliferation operations – and that therefore no real crime was committed when the Bush administration leaked her identity. ... Toensing leaves out, however, that it has been Libby’s defense lawyers who have fought to exclude evidence of Plame’s covert CIA status because they regard the fact as likely to prejudice the jury against their client. <ref>[http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/021907Parry-too.shtml Baltimore Chronicle]</ref>
'''Legal observers puzzled by 'Scooter' Libby's version of events'''
'''Legal observers puzzled by 'Scooter' Libby's version of events'''
Since the Watergate scandal of the 1970s, one of Washington's favored cliches has been that it's not the crime but the cover-up that gets officials into trouble.
Since the Watergate scandal of the 1970s, one of Washington's favored cliches has been that it's not the crime but the cover-up that gets officials into trouble.
<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-assess7mar07,1,2839083.story?coll=la-headlines-nation LA Times]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-assess7mar07,1,2839083.story?coll=la-headlines-nation LA Times]</ref>
'''Libby and Presidential Clemency'''
Almost from the beginning of his trial the President was encouraged to pardon Libby. Among those calling for pardon were William F. Buckley, Jr, Fred Thompson, Cal Thomas, Ann Coulter, Jack Kemp and Tom Delay.<ref>http://libbypardon.net/procon.htm</ref> But the trial continued and sentence was announced without presidential intereference.
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