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On October 28, 2005, after his indictment by Fitzgerald's grand jury, he resigned as Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, as assistant to the Vice President for national security affairs, and as assistant to President Bush. <ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4979769 NPR]</ref>

On October 28, 2005, after his indictment by Fitzgerald's grand jury, he resigned as Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, as assistant to the Vice President for national security affairs, and as assistant to President Bush. <ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4979769 NPR]</ref>

On June 5th, 2007, Libby was sentence to thirty months in jail.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070605/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak_trial Yahoo News</ref>

On June 5th, 2007, Libby was sentence to thirty months in jail.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070605/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak_trial Yahoo News]</ref>

'''Jurors convict Libby on four of five charges'''

'''Jurors convict Libby on four of five charges'''

Guilty Count 4 - Perjury: Libby knowingly provided false testimony in court about a conversation he had with Russert.  

Guilty Count 4 - Perjury: Libby knowingly provided false testimony in court about a conversation he had with Russert.  

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.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17479718/

<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. http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/021907Parry-too.shtml

'''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>

From the outset, as legal experts saw it, the case against Libby was simple and straightforward — and hard to defend against. ...

From the outset, as legal experts saw it, the case against Libby was simple and straightforward — and hard to defend against. ...

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.  

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-assess7mar07,1,2839083.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-assess7mar07,1,2839083.story?coll=la-headlines-nation LA Times]</ref>

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