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VALERIE PLAME LEAK

 Cheney: Wilson 
 Mission Was CIA 
 'Amateur Hour' 



New docs show former veep thought ill of Plame husband's Nigeria trip

Oct 31, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney's memory may have been a little iffy about the Valerie Plame leak, but Politico reports that the former veep left no room for doubt about his opinion of her husband's trip to Niger to investigate an Iraqi purchase of plutonium. "It was amateur hour out at the... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • CIA • Department of Justice • Valerie Plame • Patrick Fitzgerald • Joseph Wilson • CIA leak investigation • Central Intelligence Agency

Cheney on Plame Leak:
I Can't Recall

VP comes up blank on specifics in newly released interview

Oct 30, 09 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - After years of effort by the Bush and Obama administrations to keep documents related to the CIA leak case secret, redacted portions of the special prosecutor’s 2004 interview with Dick Cheney released today show plenty of nothing. The then-VP apparently suffered acute memory loss: Cheney told Patrick Fitzgerald he... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • CIA • Department of Justice • Valerie Plame • Patrick Fitzgerald • Joseph Wilson • CIA leak investigation • Lewis Scooter Libby • Obama administration • Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics • Central Intelligence Agency

 Blago Book: 
 Senate Deal 
 'Routine' 
 Politics 

Former Illinois gov admits only 'routine' backroom dealing

Sep 1, 09 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich’s memoir makes the case for his innocence with a lot of help from Shakespeare, the Chicago Tribune reports. While blaming his woes specifically on five enemies, he likens his plight to that of Othello and Lear. “You might as well throw in a little Richard... More »

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Patrick Fitzgerald • corruption • Illinois • memoir • governor • Tony Rezko • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Lisa Madigan • Michael Madigan • Richard Mell

Evidence Tying Cheney to Plame Leak Grows

Obama DoJ renews Bush-era objections
to releasing details

Jul 3, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama Justice Department is continuing its efforts to maintain the Bush administration's secrecy over Dick Cheney's role in the Valerie Plame CIA leak scandal, the Washington Post reports. A filing this week, intended to bolster the current administration’s case for keeping secret details of the then-VP’s... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Department of Justice • Valerie Plame • Patrick Fitzgerald • Joseph Wilson • CIA leak investigation • vice president • Iraq war • Obama administration • legal filing

analysis

Daily Show Argument Exposes Obama as Bush Lite

Judge questions DoJ's claim about Cheney

Jun 19, 09 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Justice Department lawyer argued in court yesterday—with a straight face—that releasing statements Dick Cheney made during the Valerie Plame investigation could cause future administration officials to hold back out of fear their statements would “get on The Daily Show.” The judge overseeing the hearing seemed... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • CIA • Department of Justice • Valerie Plame • Patrick Fitzgerald • Joseph Wilson • Lewis Scooter Libby • Obama administration • U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan • Emmet Sullivan • Stephen Bradbury

(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich has failed to get Chicago's top federal prosecutor kicked off of his case, the Chicago Tribune reports. A judge ruled today that comments made by Patrick Fitzgerald—which Blagojevich called inflammatory—did not warrant removing him from the corruption case. Nor did Fitzgerald's release of wiretap transcripts that... More »

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Patrick Fitzgerald • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • corruption trial

Fitzgerald Asks for More Time
in Blago Case 

Citing complexities,
attorney seeks to push back Jan. 7 deadline

Dec 31, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has asked for more time to bring his indictment against Rod Blagojevich, citing the complexity of the case and holiday distractions as the reasons for the hold up. Unless he gets the extension, Fitzgerald will have to present his evidence to the grand jury on Jan.... More »

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Patrick Fitzgerald • Illinois • Grand Jury • federal indictment • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

OPINION

Obama Has Nothing to Hide, Plenty to Lose With Blago

Reflexively distancing himself from Illinois mess has made him look needlessly sketchy

Dec 19, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama looks to have done nothing wrong in his (however limited) dealings with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, but the president-elect seemed bent on proving otherwise, Joe Conason writes on Salon. Obama’s “unnecessary mistakes” in handling the scandal “risked creating public suspicion where there need be none,... More »

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Barack Obama • Patrick Fitzgerald • corruption • Rahm Emanuel • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

analysis

 What Crime 
 Did He 
 Actually 
 Commit? 

Despite phone taps, evidence against Blago may not secure conviction

Dec 16, 08 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich's foul-mouthed conversations about Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat may have been "appalling," as Patrick Fitzgerald said last week. But were they actually illegal? With no appointment made and no evidence that the governor received anything, prosecutors may have a difficult case if and when Blagojevich... More »

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Patrick Fitzgerald • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • corruption charges • criminal prosecution

Obama Camp Sits On List of Blago Contacts

No 'inappropriate discussions' by staff,
but details must wait

Dec 15, 08 3:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's transition team has completed its review of contacts with Rod Blagojevich and his staff, but the US attorney has asked that details not be released while the investigation of the disgraced governor proceeds, the Chicago Tribune reports. A rep cut to the chase: “The president-elect’s staff... More »

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Barack Obama • Patrick Fitzgerald • Rod Blagojevich • transition team • President Obama • Gregory Craig

 Tribune Story Forced Feds 
 to Arrest Blago Early 

Story broke up meeting

Dec 15, 08 7:16 AM CST
(Newser) - US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald must have been grinding his teeth as he arrested Rod Blagojevich Tuesday morning, reports the Wall Street Journal. Fitzgerald’s team had been salivating over the prospect of catching the sale of Barack Obama’s Senate seat on tape, but those hopes were dashed when the... More »

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media • Patrick Fitzgerald • newspaper • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • Jesse Jackson Jr. • political scandal • Chicago Tribune

Illinois' New
Eliot Ness Bags Another Scalp

From twin towers to Valerie Plame, Fitzgerald is relentless

Dec 10, 08 8:12 AM CST
(Newser) - With the arrest of Rod Blagojevich, federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald notched up his second indictment against an Illinois governor in five years. But it's just another scalp for the US attorney who's brought down everyone from World Trade Center bomber Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman to media mogul Conrad Black, not... More »

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Department of Justice • US attorney • Valerie Plame • Patrick Fitzgerald • corruption • Lewis Scooter Libby • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

OPINION

A 'Shady' Guv Is Brought Down by Vanity

Blagojevich always seemed sketchy, but never 'Nixonian'

Dec 10, 08 6:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Of the six Illinois governors who preceded Rod Blagojevich, three have gone to prison—a 50% conviction rate that makes dealing crack on Chicago’s West Side look safe. Still, writes Edward McClelland in Salon, nobody was prepared for the breathtaking scale of Blagojevich's corruption. "Illinoisans have always had... More »

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Patrick Fitzgerald • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

UPDATED

Blago Charges Go Beyond Obama Seat

'Breadth of corruption' would 'make Lincoln roll over in his grave'

Dec 9, 08 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - In addition to bartering over President-elect Obama’s vacant Senate seat, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich sought campaign contributions in return for government action, and attempted to influence the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune, the Sun-Times reports. The FBI released transcripts of incriminating conversations today. “The conduct would make... More »

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Barack Obama • Patrick Fitzgerald • Tribune Company • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Chicago Tribune • President Obama • pay to play

Cheney May Have Told Libby to Out Plame

'Scooter' told FBI
agents it's 'possible'
that VP gave order

Jun 3, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Scooter” Libby told the FBI it was “possible” that Dick Cheney ordered him to out CIA agent Valerie Plame to the press, the Washington Post reports. The revelation appears in a redacted FBI report under examination by a House panel led by Henry Waxman. The panel now wants... More »

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Dick Cheney • Patrick Fitzgerald • Henry Waxman • Lewis Scooter Libby • Scott McClellan

Rezko Pal, Rove Tried to Oust
US Attorney, Witness Says

They deny allegations about Patrick Fitzgerald

Apr 23, 08 7:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of Tony Rezko's associates conspired with Karl Rove to try to get US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald fired to quash a federal investigation of Rezko, the Chicago Tribune reports. Prosecutors hope a judge will allow testimony to that effect in Rezko's corruption trial. Rove denies the allegations, as does the... More »

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Barack Obama • Patrick Fitzgerald • Karl Rove • Chicago • corruption • Illinois • campaign fundraising • Tony Rezko

Bush Blocking Plame Probe, Says Waxman

He wants Mukasey
to defy new boss, release documents

Dec 4, 07 8:13 AM CST
(Newser) - A House committee chairman investigating the Valerie Plame affair says the White House is blocking special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald from providing key documents from his investigation, the Washington Post reports. Fitzgerald agreed to hand over his findings before the Bush administration stepped in, says Henry Waxman, who has called on... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • Patrick Fitzgerald • Henry Waxman • CIA leak investigation • Michael Mukasey • George W. Bush

Plame Tell-All Blasts the
White House

Says her smearing was practice for Kerry's; CIA redacted pages of book

Oct 18, 07 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Famously outed spy Valerie Plame hits back at the Bush administration in Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House, the AP reports. The book blasts the administration's "arrogance and intolerance," and calls the smear campaign against her husband, Ambassador Joseph Wilson,... More »

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Valerie Plame • Patrick Fitzgerald • Joseph Wilson • Karl Rove • Lewis Scooter Libby

Gonzo's Exit Handcuffs
White House

New prosecutor will probe prez, Bork argues in National Review

Aug 29, 07 7:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dems will blitz Bush with document hunts and witness prep until election 2008, Robert Bork argues in the National Review, by demanding a special prosecutor along with the next attorney general. "A special prosecutor with unlimited funds, a soon-developed addiction to publicity, and a broad mandate" will go... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Patrick Fitzgerald • Karl Rove • Robert Bork • Lewis Scooter Libby • scandal • George W. Bush

Prosecutor Flunks
Scooter Test

Libby foe Fitzgerald goes on NPR, receives lovely parting gift

Jul 20, 07 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The NPR quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" lured US attorney Patrick Fitzgerald to last night's taping for a game called "Not My Job"—and a little teasing. Best line: Fitzgerald said he lived on Chicago's North Side but worked downtown, and host Peter Sagal... More »

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Patrick Fitzgerald • scooters • CIA leak investigation • Lewis Scooter Libby • Peter Sagal

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