A lawyer for Vice President Dick Cheney urged a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit brought by former CIA operative Valerie Plame against members of the Bush administration, arguing that the lawsuit is...
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Plame says White House 'carelessly and recklessly' exposed CIA identity
Former CIA operative Valerie Plame testified before the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Friday that the White House and US Department of State "carelessly and recklessly" blew her cover in an effort...
Novak testifies Libby not CIA leak source as defense gets underway
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak testified Monday that former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby did not leak to him the identity of former undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame . Both Novak and Washington...
Cheney, Libby request dismissal of Plame lawsuit in CIA leak case
US Vice President Dick Cheney and his former chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby asked a federal court Tuesday to dismiss the civil lawsuit brought against them and other...
Ex-State Department official confirms he was leak source in CIA scandal
Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage personally admitted to leaking the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson during a phone interview on Thursday. Armitage apologized for the leak, which he maintains was unintentional. Armitage said...
Plame lawyer seeking testimony from Cheney, Rove in lawsuit over CIA leak case
An attorney representing Valerie Plame, the undercover operative whose revealed identity precipitated the CIA leak scandal , announced Tuesday he would use legal precedent from former President Bill Clinton's sexual harassment trial in a bid to force...
Valerie Plame, the undercover operative whose revealed identity precipitated the CIA leak scandal , filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday against Vice President Dick Cheney, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove [official...
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak on Wednesday revealed that Karl Rove , President Bush's top political advisor, was one of two secondary sources who confirmed that former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame Wilson, was employed by...
US District Judge Reggie B. Walton ruled Friday that most of the government documents sought by former Vice-Presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby and his defense team were not closely tied to the narrow issue of...
Royal Dutch Shell misses court deadline to pay $1.5 billion for Nigeria pollution
Royal Dutch Shell PLC will wait for a Nigerian appeals court ruling rather than pay a $1.5 billion judgment to compensate ethnic communities in Nigeria for pollution from its operations. A company spokesman said paying...