SHOULD BE BREAKING NEWS: Libby drops appeal in CIA leak case [View All]

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interesting, his attorney claims he's innocent yet they are dropping appeal....the 'family' again
they refer to him as a White House Aide, yet he was DICK CHENEY'S CHIEF OF STAFF

lest we forget his crimes A federal jury convicted Libby in March of four felonies for lying to FBI agents and the grand jury that investigated the leak of the identity of then-covert CIA operative Valerie Plame. Libby was found guilty of two perjury counts and one count each of obstructing justice and making false statements -- about when and how he learned Plame's identity, and what he told journalists about her.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is dropping his appeal in the CIA leak case, his attorney said Monday.


I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was the only person charged in the CIA leak case.

Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted of perjury and obstruction for lying about his conversations with reporters about outed CIA operative Valerie Plame.

"We remain firmly convinced of Mr. Libby's innocence," attorney Theodore Wells said. "However, the realities were, that after five years of government service by Mr. Libby and several years of defending against this case, the burden on Mr. Libby and his young family of continuing to pursue his complete vindication are too great to ask them to bear."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/10/cia.leaktrial.ap/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-CIA-Leak-Trial.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/10/AR2007121000719.html?hpid=topnews