Preview of Murray Waas Book on Plame/CIA Leak Case

[RamboLiberal]

Investigative reporter Murray Waas broke several key stories on the Plame/CIA leak affair for the National Journal, and now his book on the case will appear June 5 -- the day Lewis “Scooter” Libby is sentenced to prison.

The book, “The United States v. I. Lewis Libby,” is published by Union Square Press/Sterling Publishing. Waas edited it and provided new reporting. E&P received an advance copy of the 584-page volume today.

Libby was convicted on four felony counts, including perjury and obstruction of justice, in a federal trial that grew out of the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson.

The book includes an edited trial transcript, commentary by Waas on each witness – including Walter Pincus, Bob Woodward, Tim Russert and other well-known journalists -- 35 invaluable trial exhibits, and a detailed timeline, plus a lengthy introduction by Waas.

In the intro, Waas vividly sketches the roles played by everyone from Vice President Cheney to New York Times reporter Judith Miller. He takes a special look at what he calls "that fateful flight from Norfolk to D.C." taken by Cheney on July 12, 2003. Cheney mainly sat alone with Libby on the flight -- six days after former Ambassador Joe Wilson's critical op-ed appeared The New York Times.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003588193

[H2O Man]

1. I look forward to

reading it. Wilson's book is great, but the public deserves a post-conviction book now. And there is no one more qualified than Waas to write the book.

[RamboLiberal]

2. And it's coming out as a paperback - so it will be affordable

to most of us!