Libby Declared Guilty in Perjury Trial “I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted on Tuesday of lying to a grand jury and to F.B.I. agents investigating the leak of the identity of a C.I.A. operative in the summer of 2003 amid a fierce public dispute over the war in Iraq.” (The New York Times) Speaking to the press after the verdict, juror Denis Collins said that there was a “tremendous amount of sympathy” for Libby, adding that the decision was based solidly on the evidence and that “opinion had very little to do with it.” (The Los Angeles Times)Whistle-blower Blocked by NSA, LA Times âWhistle-blower AT&T technician Mark Klein says his effort to reveal alleged government surveillance of domestic Internet traffic was blocked not only by U.S. intelligence officials but also by the top editors of the Los Angeles Times.â Klein discovered âsecret NSA roomsâ in the AT&T switching center in San Francisco. (ABC News)
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