CIA Fights Libby's Request for Information

[ProSense]

CIA Fights Libby's Request for Information

By TONI LOCY, Associated Press Writer
25 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The CIA signaled Tuesday it likely will fight the release of highly classified presidential intelligence briefings that Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide wants to use in his defense against perjury charges.

Gathering the materials sought by I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's former chief of staff, would take up to nine months, Marilyn Dorn, a CIA information review officer, said in a sworn statement filed in U.S. District Court.

Dorn said the CIA believes disclosure of the information would damage national security and wants a chance to be heard in court before any material is turned over to Libby, who is charged with lying in the investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity.

"The defense's requests clearly implicate highly classified, compartmentalized information and potential claims of executive privilege for presidential communications and the deliberative process," Dorn wrote.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060308/ap_on_go_ot/cia_leak_3

[Trevelyan]

1. I hope there are at least some people in the CIA and other intelligence

depts who are on our side. With the scandals leaking for the past year and statements by the CIA agents that they do NOT want or need the power to torture and your article, maybe...just maybe.

The Crises Papers front page article on DU said that it looks like Rove will be indicted soon but that is the only thing I have read. Need to check FireDogLake but she has had very little on the Fitzgerald investigation in the past two months or so and if you have a link for the heat being on Rove again, would appreciate a link.