Fitzgerald Aims to Show An Organized Plan Led To Leak of CIA Agent's Name
By ANNE MARIE SQUEO
April 8, 2006; Page A6
WASHINGTON -- The special prosecutor trying the case against former vice presidential chief of staff I. Lewis Libby will try to show that the leaking of a CIA agent's name grew out of a highly organized administration effort that commanded high-level attention, a court filing this week shows.
Pretrial filings by Mr. Libby's defense team indicate they intend to argue that any misstatements made in Mr. Libby's testimony to investigators and a grand jury were innocent mistakes because of his focus on more pressing national-security issues. They are seeking a wide array of classified and sensitive information they say is necessary for trial, including secret daily intelligence briefings given to the president.
This week's filing by Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor, was intended to convince the judge to deny the defense's latest request for information. In doing so, the prosecutor also attacked Mr. Libby's bad-memory defense by introducing new information about the attention -- including by President Bush -- placed on responding to Joseph Wilson, a former ambassador and critic of the Iraq war.
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Mr. Fitzgerald alleges Mr. Libby took the lead in disputing Mr. Wilson's claims, and in doing so disclosed Ms. Plame's identity to reporters. Thus, the government alleges, he sought to cover up his role in Ms. Plame's unveiling by lying under oath and trying to obstruct the investigation.
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