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Washington Post:
Cheney Adviser Indicted in CIA Leak Probe  —  Lewis 'Scooter' Libby Charged With Perjury, Obstruction of Justice and Making False Statements  —  A federal grand jury today indicted Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, after a two-year investigation into the leak …
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Associated Press:
Cheney Adviser Indicted in CIA Leak Case  —  Vice presidential adviser I. Lewis "Scooter' Libby Jr. was indicted Friday on charges of obstruction of justice, making a false statement and perjury in the CIA leak case.  —  Karl Rove, President Bush's closest adviser, escaped indictment Friday …
Michelle Malkin:
INDICTMENT WATCH  —  ***scroll for updates throughout the day...223pm EDT liveblogging Fitzgerald news conference...240pm EDT Fitzgerald: "We have not made any allegation that Libby knowingly/intentionally outed a covert agent...300pm EDT "This indictment is not about the war.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
THE MOUNTAIN HAS LABORED AND BROUGHT FORTH A MOUSE: At least if this report from the Post is true: No Rove indictment, and only a lame False Statements Act charge against Libby, which wouldn't even relate to the underlying issue.  This will be a blue Fitzmas for some people if it works out that way …
Associated Press:
Cheney Adviser Resigns After Indictment  —  WASHINGTON - The vice president's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter"d Libby Jr., was indicted Friday on charges of obstruction of justice, perjury and making false statements in the CIA leak investigation, a politically charged case that will throw a spotlight on President Bush's push to war.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Maybe Libby Can Try An Insanity Defense  —  Here is the nine page press release which summarizes the twenty-two page indictment of Lewis Libby.  —  Some obvious puzzles remain:  —  Who was Novak's source?  —  Was national security harmed by the leak of Ms. Plame's identity?
New York Times:
Fitzgerald News Conference  —  FITZGERALD: Good afternoon.  I'm Pat Fitzgerald.  I'm the United States attorney in Chicago, but I'm appearing before you today as the Department of Justice special counsel in the CIA leak investigation.  —  Joining me, to my left, is Jack Eckenrode …
CNN:
Source: Prosecutor to seek Libby indictment  —  Rove will not be indicted Friday, sources say  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the CIA leak probe, plans to ask members of the grand jury to indict Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff …
ABCNEWS:
The End of the Chain of Information ... or the Beginning?  —  Libby has told the grand jury that he only learned about Plame's secret identity from other reporters and that he was only trading information that he didn't even know was true.  But Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor appointed …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Big Brass Blog
Michael Kinsley / Washington Post:   Throw Another Plot on to Boil
Roger L. Simon / Mystery Novelist and Screenwriter:
At the Valerie Plame Employment Office
Discussion: Carol Platt Liebau
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
INDICTMENT PRIMER....The two false statement charges are these:
Discussion: TalkLeft and Hit and Run
TalkLeft:
Unanswered Questions  —  Update: Anyone want to take a stab at answering these:
Discussion: The Heretik
TigerHawk:
Libby indicted in a "Martha Stewart" complaint
Laura Lee Donoho / The Wide Awake Cafe:   No Fitzmas Today
Jason Leopold / rawstory.com:
Fitzgerald expands probe …
Discussion: Bull Moose
Gateway Pundit:
Throwing Sand & the Leaky Leak Investigation
Discussion: PoliBlog and Blogs for Bush
Oliver Willis:
Culture of Corruption In Handcuffs
Discussion: Left I on the News
Chicago Tribune:
Bush pulls plug on Miers  —  New court choice imminent  —  WASHINGTON — The White House reeled from the withdrawal of Harriet Miers' Supreme Court nomination Thursday and moved quickly to name a replacement, identifying a leading candidate by day's end and preparing for a swift announcement …
Discussion: How Appealing
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Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
Alito  —  Jan Crawford Greenburg - who I think has always …
Discussion: PointofLaw.com and ACSBlog
Judd / Think Progress:
FULL TEXT: Libby's Indictments  —  Grand Jury Sworn in on October 31, 2003  —  I. LEWIS LIBBY, also known as "SCOOTER LIBBY"  —  Count 1: Obstruction of Justice (18 U.S.C.  Counts 2-3: False Statements (18 U.S.C.  INDICTMENT  —  COUNT ONE  —  (Obstruction of Justice)  —  THE GRAND JURY CHARGES:
Michelle Malkin:
CPL. JEFFREY B. STARR: WHAT THE NYTIMES LEFT OUT  —  On Wednesday, the NYTimes published a 4,625-word opus on the "2,000 dead" milestone—a "grim mark," read the headline—on page A2.  Among those profiled were Marines from the First Battalion of the Fifth Marine Regiment, including Cpl. Jeffrey B. Starr.

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