IN THE NEWS:

Scooter Libby is Disbarred
- The Associated Press, March 20, 2008

Scooter Libby is Dropping His Appeal
- Chicago Tribune, BuzzFlash.com, December 10, 2007

Scott McClellan Didn't Out Bush for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Cheney Did.
- BuzzFlash.com, November 23, 2007

Valerie Plame Wilson is this week's Wings of Justice award winner.
- BuzzFlash.com, October 31, 2007

Valerie Plame Wilson Was Considered "Fair Game" By the Busheviks. As a Result, Cheney and Bush Weakened Our National Security.
- BuzzFlash.com, October 25, 2007

Valerie Plame Wilson's book "Fair Game" now on sale
- BuzzFlash.com, October 23, 2007

Bush helps Libby, but hurts himself
- New York Daily News, July 8, 2007

Members of the Libby Legal Defense Trust are BuzzFlash.com's GOP Hypocrite of the Week
- GOP Hypocrites/BuzzFlash.com, July 6, 2007

Bush won't rule out future pardon for Libby
- CBC News, July 3, 2007

The New York Times Coverage of the 'Commutation' -- A Travesty of Journalism
- BuzzFlash.com, July 3, 2007

Bush commutes Libby prison sentence
- Associated Press, July 2, 2007

Court refuses to delay Libby prison sentence
- Associated Press, July 2, 2007

Libby Becomes Inmate No. 28301 - 016
- Associated Press, June 28, 2007

Judge won't delay Libby prison term
- Associated Press, June 14, 2007

Libby judge harassed after sentencing
- Associated Press, June 14, 2007

Judge Reggie Walton is Wings of Justice award winner
- BuzzFlash.com/Wings of Justice, June 13, 2007

Prosecutor wants Libby imprisoned now
- Associated Press, June 12, 2007

Libby supporters press for presidential pardon
- Associated Press, June 7, 2007

Thompson Favors Libby Pardon
- The New York Times, June 6, 2007

Analysis: Libby case a twist on justice
- Associated Press, June 6, 2007

Pardon .... Me? Bush May Save Libby from Jail
- Editor & Publisher, June 5, 2007

Libby Sentenced to 30 Months in Jail
- Associated Press, June 5, 2007

Libby's Crime and Punishment
- CBS News, June 4, 2007

Plame sues, accusing CIA of blocking her memoirs
- Associated Press, June 1, 2007

Judge will release letters in Libby case
- Associated Press, May 31, 2007

Actor/Politician Fred Thompson May Run for President in 2008
- Salem-News.com, May 31, 2007

Libby Seeks Probation in CIA Leak Case
- Forbes, May 31, 2007

Fitzgerald's Memo Puts Libby Crimes in Cheney Context
- TPM Muckraker, May 30, 2007

Friends of Scooter Libby Fear He'll Be Sent Immediately to Jail
- U.S. News & World Report, May 30, 2007

The New York Times Misreads Cheney's Non-Witness Status
- The New York Times, February 14, 2007

'Anatomy of Deceit' Makes Nice Background Reading For TreasonGate
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, February 12, 2007

Kristoff, Conason on the Attack, Waiting for the Rest of the MSM
- The New York Times, New York Observer, February 7, 2007

Judith Miller Lives Up to Being the Drama Queen
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, January 31, 2007

Libby May be on Trial for Perjury, But Bush and Cheney Should be on Trial for Treason
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, January 28, 2007

Finding Lies and Deceit at the Core
- MSNBC; International Herald Tribune, January 26, 2007

Fitzgerald Shows His Hand
- Washington Post; Pensito Review, January 24, 2007

The Gloves Are Off in the Trial
- USA Today; Pensito Review, January 23, 2007

Cheney and the Temptation of Perjury
- ProgressiveTruth.blogspot.com, January 22, 2007

Why Perjury and Not Treason?
- ConsortiumNews.com; The Nation, January 17, 2007

A Look Into Cheney's Possible Role
- National Journal, January 12, 2007

Are Libby's Defense Lawyers Harassing Joe Wilson?
- Associated Press, December 21, 2006

Either Lying or Clueless in the White House: Or Both
- TheProgressiveTruth, December 20, 2006

If The Pardon Doesn't Occur First, Cheney May Testify for Libby
- Associated Press, December 19, 2006

Will Cheney Testify in Case Regarding Outing a CIA Operative?
- USA Today, December 15, 2006

Libby to Have Classified Information Restricted As Evidence in Trial
- Washington Post, December 11, 2006

'Scooter' Goes for a Spin? What Libby Plans to Say at Trial
- Editor and Publisher, December 3, 2006

U.S. Lawyers: Libby May Have Disclosed Iraq Secrets
- New York Sun, November 17, 2006

Cheney Asks Judge to Toss CIA Leak Suit
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, November 15, 2006

Rove Didn't Want Fitzgerald As U.S. Prosecutor, Says Former Illinois Senator
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, November 11, 2006

Judge Excludes Memory Expert From Libby Trial
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, November 3, 2006

Patrick Fitzgerald Proves He's an Equal Opportunity Prosecutor
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, October 29, 2006

Fitzgerald Slices and Dices a Libby Pre-Trial "Expert" Witness
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, October 27, 2006

Is the Armitage Diversion a Prelude to a Libby Pardon? Part II
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, October 12, 2006

Will Bush Pardon a Traitor Who Would Expose Bush as a Traitor?
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, October 5, 2006

Report: Libby to Lie About His Lying at Trial
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, September 24, 2006

Why is the White House Launching a PlameGate Offensive Now?
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, September 17, 2006

Armitage Added to the Wilson's Civil Lawsuit
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, September 13, 2006

Ambassador Joseph Wilson Updates BuzzFlash on the Bush Administration's Betrayal of Our National Security
- BuzzFlash.com, September 12, 2006

We Fund: We are Feeling a Little Bit of "Hubris" Whiplash
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, September 6, 2006

What Valerie Plame Really Did at the CIA
- David Corn, The Nation, September 5, 2006

Why Did the Washington Post Ignore Its Own Reporting on PlameGate?
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, September 4, 2006

Why is the WH Conducting a Smear Campaign Against Fitzgerald At This Time?
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, September 2, 2006

Others are Following BuzzFlash's Conclusion: Armitage is a Bushevik Diversion
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, September 1, 2006

Beware of the Armitage Red Herring
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, August 27, 2006

Did Armitage Mention Plame to Woodward, After Armitage Talked to Libby?
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, August 22, 2006

Libby Denied Access to Some Classified Documents
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, August 20, 2006

Valerie Plame Wilson and Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson Name Successor Counsel
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, August 15, 2006

More Evidence of Bush Administration Treason: The Valerie Wilson Affair Revisited
- BuzzFlash.com, August 14, 2006

The "NEW" CIA Helps Out Scooter Libby's Defense
- LibbyDefenseFund.com, August 12, 2006

Statements from Valerie Plame Wilson and Joseph Wilson on their Lawsuit against Rove, Cheney and Libby
- BuzzFlash.com, July 14, 2006

Valerie Plame Sues Cheney, Libby and Rove
-- LibbyDefenseFund.com, July 14, 2006

Joe Wilson Responds to Bob "GOP Partisan The Traitor" Novak
-- LibbyDefenseFund.com, July 13, 2006

Bob "The Traitor" Novak Claims He's Free of PlameGate Investigation
-- LibbyDefenseFund.com, July 12, 2006

Libby Trial to be Delayed Even Further?
-- LibbyDefenseFund.com, July 2, 2006

Libby Pardoned After the Mid-Terms. Sounds Likely.
-- LibbyDefenseFund.com, June 19, 2006

Why Wasn't Karl Rove Indicted? Good Question, Indeed.
-- LibbyDefenseFund.com, June 18, 2006

Statement from the Attorney for Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame
-- LibbyDefenseFund.com, June 13, 2006

Rove's lawyer says he's safe
Karl Rove, longtime chief political adviser to President Bush and mastermind of campaign strategies for the Republican Party, will not face any charges as a result of the leak of a CIA operative's identity, according to Rove's private attorney.
-- Mark Silva, Chicago Tribune, June 13, 2006

What Ashcroft Was Told
Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft continued to oversee the Valerie Plame-CIA leak probe for more than two months in late 2003 after he learned in extensive briefings that FBI agents suspected White House aides Karl Rove and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby of trying to mislead the FBI to conceal their roles in the leak, according to government records and interviews.
-- Murray Waas, National Journal, June 8, 2006

The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed
"At roughly the same time, highly placed White House sources such as Scooter Libby leaked exclusive 'scoops' to credulous reporters as part of the campaign to make Saddam's nuclear threat seem real. On the same day the 'mushroom cloud' slogan made its debut, The New York Times printed a front-page story by Michael Gordon and Judith Miller citing administration officials who said that Saddam had 'embarked on a worldwide hunt for materials to make an atomic bomb.'"
-- Craig Unger, Vanity Fair, June 6, 2006

Um, I forgot 7 people talked of spy - Libby
"Borrowing a defense used by tax evaders and schoolkids who don't do their homework, Vice President Cheney's indicted former top adviser told a grand jury he forgot that seven people told him about CIA spy Valerie Plame. ...Solomon Wisenberg, a lawyer who probed the Monica Lewinsky scandal, said, 'Barring some unusual mental condition, to make a claim like that is not likely going to fly.'"
-- James Gordon Meek, New York Daily News, May 26, 2006

Special counsel: Cheney may be called to testify; Prosecutor says vice president’s ‘state of mind’ relevant in CIA leak case
"...Cheney would be a logical government witness because he could authenticate notes he jotted on a July 6, 2003, New York Times opinion piece by a former U.S. ambassador critical of the Iraq war....Cheney’s 'state of mind' is 'directly relevant' to whether I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, the vice president’s former top aide, lied to FBI agents and a federal grand jury about how he learned about CIA officer Valerie Plame’s identity and what he subsequently told reporters.
-- Associated Press, May 24, 2006

Pardon Me, Mr. President! Libby’s Difficult Defense
"...as the pre-trial jousting in Mr. Libby’s case picks up momentum, the onetime loyal West Wing confidant -- Dick Cheney’s Dick Cheney -- will have to choose between protecting himself and protecting the White House. Specifically, insiders say, he will have to choose between a not-guilty verdict and a Presidential pardon."
-- Anna Schneider-Mayerson, New York Observer, May 29, 2006

2 in CIA to testify Libby lied on leak
Prosecutors say disgraced Cheney chief of staff Lewis (Scooter) Libby learned CIA spy Valerie Plame's identity from, among others, agency officials who will be called to testify at his trial for perjury, false statements and obstruction of justice.
-- NY Daily News, May 23, 2006

Judge Won't Dismiss Case Against Libby
"Walton said there must be a way to appoint special prosecutors to ensure that "the perception of fairness withstands the scrutiny of the American public" when high-level government officials are investigated for alleged wrongdoing."
-- Associated Press, April 27, 2006

Okay, So Let's Get This Straight: On Monday, Bush Admitted That He Lied About Leaking a Lie to Smear Someone Who Revealed the Truth About His Lying
Bush "admitted to all of the above on Monday in a rambling explanation of why he had to leak, then lie about his leaking, and then leak a lie to hide the truth. Meanwhile -- while all this was transpiring over the past couple of years -- others were being pursued by the federal prosecutor for leaking, when it all started with Bush."
-- BuzzFlash.com, April 11, 2006

A 'Concerted Effort' to Discredit Bush Critic; Prosecutor Describes Cheney, Libby as Key Voices Pitching Iraq-Niger Story
"Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald for the first time described a 'concerted action' by 'multiple people in the White House' -- using classified information -- to 'discredit, punish or seek revenge against' a critic of President Bush's war in Iraq."
-- Barton Gellman and Dafna Linzer, Washington Post, April 9, 2006

Bush Authorized Leak to Times, Libby Told Grand Jury
"A former White House aide under indictment for obstructing a leak probe, I. Lewis Libby, testified to a grand jury that he gave information from a closely-guarded "National Intelligence Estimate" on Iraq to a New York Times reporter in 2003 with the specific permission of President Bush"
-- Josh Gerstein, New York Sun, April 6, 2006

Libby Pressured McClellan To Issue Statement 'Exonerating Him'
"'Scooter Libby “implored White House officials to have a public statement issued exonerating him' even though 'had in fact played in disclosing Ms. Wilson’s CIA employment.'"
-- via ThinkProgress.org, April 6, 2006

Libby's Lawyers Call for Case Dismissal
"Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald is narrowing the description of his powers in an effort to counter calls for dismissal of the criminal case he brought against Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, defense lawyers said Friday." (Note: The Washington Post story has no comment from the Special Counsel's office)
-- Pete Yost, Washington Post, March 31, 2006

Libby Trial May Be Embarrassment for Bush
"Court papers filed late Friday raise the possibility a trial could become politically embarrassing for the Bush administration by focusing on the debate about whether the White House manipulated intelligence to justify the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003."

News outlets subpoenaed in CIA leak case
"The New York Times, NBC News and a lawyer for a Time magazine reporter said they received subpoenas from the defense team for Libby, once chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. The Washington Post said it expected to receive a subpoena as well."

Judge Says Libby Can See Bush Briefings
"The ruling is a partial victory for Libby, who is charged with lying in the investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity....Any classified evidence that Libby wants to use must be approved by the judge after a secret vetting process established by Congress to ensure protection of government secrets."

Libby Responds to Fitzgerald's CIA Filing
"Libby intentionally misled investigators and the grand jury in an attempt to protect Cheney (see the timeline here), never dreaming that the reporters would be subpoenaed, and now in hindsight is trying to reconstruct not his memory but an alternative explanation for having lied."

Libby Defense Request Strongly Resisted by CIA
"In court papers, Fitzgerald has accused Libby's defense team of engaging in graymail -- demanding unobtainable legal documents to terminate a court proceeding."

Conflict of interest at WETA
"WETA produces the NewsHour and Washington Week in Review. Is it proper that a member of the Board of Trustee to be mixed up in something like this? The NewsHour is watched by the entire diplomatic corps, allied and hostile. It is watched by the foreign press. How does this look to the world?"

Cheney, Libby Blocked Papers To Senate Intelligence Panel
"Vice President Cheney and his chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, overruling advice from some White House political staffers and lawyers, decided to withhold crucial documents from the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2004 when the panel was investigating the use of pre-war intelligence that erroneously concluded Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction..."

Arianna Huffington: The Full Disclosure Tucker Carlson Isn't Making
"...[Tucker Carlson's] father, Richard Carlson, is on the advisory committee of the Libby Legal Defense Trust, the GOP-heavy-hitter-laden group that has so far raised $2 million."

Read the Injunction (United States VS Scooter Libby) HERE:

Friends of Scooter Libby Launch Web Site, Want Your Money
Media Channel, NY - Feb 22, 2006
... the highlight of the site (www.scooterlibby.org) is a section that, implicitly blasts the media, called “What You Aren’t Hearing About Scooter Libby.”. ...

Scooter Libby Launches Website
Human Events - Feb 21, 2006
... For the past five years, Scooter Libby served selflessly as an Assistant to President Bush and as the Chief of Staff and National Security Adviser to Vice ...

Fred Thompson to raise funds for Scooter Libby defense
WBIR-TV, TN - Feb 23, 2006
... Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson will help raise funds for the defense of Vice President Dick Cheney's indicted former chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby. ...

Scooter Libby’s Home Page
Wonkette (satire), DC - Feb 21, 2006
Should we ever appear on Celebrity Jeopardy, we have our charity all picked out: The Scooter Libby Legal Defense Trust, sure to be topping everyone's year-end ...

Scooter Libby's Graymail
Yahoo! News - Feb 17, 2006
Last week, I suggested that Scooter Libby might be trying to orchestrate a "graymail" defense--which is based on the implied threat of blowing national ...

And that is Cheney's replacement for Scooter Libby as his Chief-of ...
Huffington Post, NY - Feb 16, 2006
... The simple answer is that he's Vice President Cheney's former legal counsel and, since the indictment and resignation of Scooter Libby in October, Cheney's ...

Carl Cameron Uses Scooter Libby As One Excuse Of Why The Vice ...
News Hounds, CA - Feb 14, 2006
... Of course Scooter Libby has got legal problems and is not around. (Comment: Do you really want to go there, Carl?) In addition to ...

Fred Thompson offers help to Libby defense
Scripps Howard News Service, DC - Feb 22, 2006
... Lewis "Scooter" Libby, facing trial in January, was indicted in October on five felony counts involving obstruction of justice, perjury and false statements ...

Will Scooter Libby Graymail the CIA?
Yahoo! News - Feb 7, 2006
... Still, Libby seems close to making this sort of push. ... But Libby may not stop at PDBs, the CIA damage assessment and information pertaining to Valerie Wilson. ...

Judge OKs press subpoenas in CIA leak case
WASHINGTON - The judge in the CIA leak case said Monday that lawyers on both sides in the perjury trial of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby ...

Scooter Libby Wants Your Money
Slate - 18 hours ago
By John Dickerson. Scooter Libby has a Web site. He's not running for office, but the site makes it looks like he is. The lead picture ...

Passing the hat for Libby
Boston Globe, United States - Feb 27, 2006
By Nina Easton, Globe Staff | February 26, 2006. The legal defense fund for I. Lewis ''Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's ...

Identity of Official to Be Kept From Libby
CBS News - Feb 25, 2006
(AP) Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, charged with perjury in the CIA leak case, cannot be told the identity of another government official ...

Libby gets his shot at reporters
American Thinker, AZ - 12 hours ago
This account offers few details of the judge’s order and makes one puzzling assertion—that Fitzgerald was seeking to subpoena reporters, too, when I see no ...

Libby case update
American Thinker, AZ - 18 hours ago
You cannot rely on the antique media to give an appropriately detailed report of what is happening in the Libby case. Luckily Bryon ...

Fitzgerald Says Plame Irrelevant To Libby Prosecution
The Conservative Voice, NC - 23 hours ago
By Sher Zieve – The original lawsuit against former aide to VP Cheney Lewis “Scooter” Libby was that Libby had leaked information that resulted in the ...

A CIA Leak Trial Without the CIA Leak
National Review Online, NY - Feb 27, 2006
CIA leak prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald argued at a hearing Friday that, as far as the perjury charges against former Cheney chief of staff Lewis Libby are ...


Monitor Monitor Tracking the news - the latest developments and ...
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Feb 26, 2006
The Latest: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby and special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald returned to court Friday. Judge Reggie B. Walton ruled ...

Libby's Team to Subpoena Media
NewsMax.com, FL - Feb 25, 2006
Lawyers for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby say they soon plan to subpoena reporters and news organizations, and a federal judge has set the stage for a showdown in ...

Federal judge grants Libby access to personal notes
Feb 25, 2006
US District Judge Reggie B. Walton Friday granted defense attorneys for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby JURIST news ...

Libby can't be told suspected leaker's name
First Amendment Center, TN
By The Associated Press. WASHINGTON — Former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, charged with perjury in the CIA leak ...

Ex-White House aide loses -- and wins -- on evidence requests
North County Times, CA - Feb 25, 2006
WASHINGTON -- Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, charged with perjury in the CIA leak case, cannot be told the identity of another government ...

Friends of Scooter Libby Launch Web Site, Want Your Money
Media Channel, NY - Feb 22, 2006
... the highlight of the site (www.scooterlibby.org) is a section that, implicitly blasts the media, called “What You Aren’t Hearing About Scooter Libby.”. ...

Scooter Libby Launches Website
Human Events - Feb 21, 2006
... For the past five years, Scooter Libby served selflessly as an Assistant to President Bush and as the Chief of Staff and National Security Adviser to Vice ...

Fred Thompson to raise funds for Scooter Libby defense
WBIR-TV, TN - Feb 23, 2006
... Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson will help raise funds for the defense of Vice President Dick Cheney's indicted former chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby. ...

Libby knew CIA spy by name before it was published, filing shows
Handwritten notes taken by the CIA show Vice President Dick Cheney's top aide knew the name of CIA spy Valerie Plame Wilson a month before her cover was blown. It appears to be the first known document in the hands of prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald that directly contradicts Lewis "Scooter" Libby's claim he learned from reporters in July 2003 that Valerie Wilson was a CIA employee.

Judge in Libby Case Seeks Middle Ground
A federal judge signaled Monday that he is seeking ways to provide Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff general descriptions of highly classified documents to use in his defense against perjury charges.

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton issued an order significantly curtailing the number of intelligence summaries that he might order the Bush administration to turn over to lawyers for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

Scooter Libby’s Home Page
Wonkette (satire), DC - Feb 21, 2006
Should we ever appear on Celebrity Jeopardy, we have our charity all picked out: The Scooter Libby Legal Defense Trust, sure to be topping everyone's year-end ...

Scooter Libby's Graymail
Yahoo! News - Feb 17, 2006
Last week, I suggested that Scooter Libby might be trying to orchestrate a "graymail" defense--which is based on the implied threat of blowing national ...

And that is Cheney's replacement for Scooter Libby as his Chief-of ...
Huffington Post, NY - Feb 16, 2006
... The simple answer is that he's Vice President Cheney's former legal counsel and, since the indictment and resignation of Scooter Libby in October, Cheney's ...

Carl Cameron Uses Scooter Libby As One Excuse Of Why The Vice ...
News Hounds, CA - Feb 14, 2006
... Of course Scooter Libby has got legal problems and is not around. (Comment: Do you really want to go there, Carl?) In addition to ...

Fred Thompson offers help to Libby defense
Scripps Howard News Service, DC - Feb 22, 2006
... Lewis "Scooter" Libby, facing trial in January, was indicted in October on five felony counts involving obstruction of justice, perjury and false statements ...

Will Scooter Libby Graymail the CIA?
Yahoo! News - Feb 7, 2006
... Still, Libby seems close to making this sort of push. ... But Libby may not stop at PDBs, the CIA damage assessment and information pertaining to Valerie Wilson. ...

Libby's Lawyers Say Prosecutor Acted Unconstitutionally
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 — Lawyers for Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide asked a
federal judge on Thursday to dismiss his indictment, saying the special prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak
case lacked the authority to bring the charges. Lawyers for the former aide, I. Lewis Libby Jr.,
said his indictment violated the Constitution because the special counsel, Patrick J. Fitzgerald,
was not appointed by the president with the consent of the Senate. They added that the appointment violated federal law because the attorney general did not supervise the investigation. Only Congress, the lawyers said, can approve such an arrangement.

Ex-Cheney Aide Testified Leak Was Ordered, Prosecutor Says
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 — I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, told a grand jury that he was authorized by his "superiors" to disclose classified information to reporters about Iraq's weapons capability in June and July 2003, according to a document filed by a federal prosecutor.

Libby May Have Tried to Mask Cheney's Role
Sunday, November 13, 2005; In the opening days of the CIA leak investigation in early October 2003, FBI agents working the case already had in their possession a wealth of valuable evidence. There were White House phone and visitor logs, which clearly documented the administration's contacts with reporters.And they had something that law enforcement officials would later describe as their "guidebook" for the opening phase of the investigation: the daily, diary-like notes compiled by I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, then Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, that chronicled crucial events inside the White House in the weeks before the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame was publicly disclosed.

White House Won't Rule Out Presidential Pardon for Libby
The White House refused Tuesday to rule out a presidential pardon for Lewis "Scooter" Libby,
the former vice presidential aide indicted for allegedly obstructing a grand jury investigation
into the White House unmasking of a secret CIA officer.

On Scooter Libby and His White House Friends - David Addington to Replace Libby
“Cheney has tried to increase executive power with a series of bold actions -- some
so audacious that even conservatives on the Supreme Court sympathetic to Cheney's
view have rejected them as overreaching. The vice president's point man in this is longtime
aide David Addington, who serves as Cheney's top lawyer.

Where there has been controversy over the past four years, there has often been Addington. He
was a principal author of the White House memo justifying torture of terrorism suspects. He was a
prime advocate of arguments supporting the holding of terrorism suspects without access to courts.”