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Federal court urged to dismiss Plame CIA leak lawsuit
May 17, 2007 by Brett Murphy
A lawyer for Vice President Dick Cheney urged a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit brought by former CIA operative Valerie Plame against members of the Bush administration, arguing that the lawsuit is based on fanciful claims. Plame filed the lawsuit last year, alleging that White Hous....... [more]

Novak testifies Libby not CIA leak source as defense gets underway
February 13, 2007 by Natalie Hrubos
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak testified Monday that former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis Scooter Libby did not leak to him the identity of former undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame. Both Novak and Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward testified that it was former Deputy....... [more]

Libby prosecutor tells court lack of leak charges irrelevant in perjury trial
October 30, 2006 by Bernard Hibbitts
US special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald argued in court papers filed Monday with the US District Court for the District of Columbia that he should not be required to explain to jurors in the case of former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis Scooter Libby why no one has been indicted for ac....... [more]

History Starts Today: The Perils of Habeas-Stripping [op-ed]
September 26, 2006 by JURIST Staff
JURIST Guest Columnist Alison Nathan of Fordham University School of Law says that the provision in the military commissions bill stripping the federal courts of habeas jurisdiction over detainees threatens a fundamental element of our constitutional heritage ... Following a claim that former.... [more]

Plame sues ex-State Department official who admitted CIA disclosure
September 13, 2006 by Alexis Unkovic
Valerie Plame, the undercover operative whose revealed identity precipitated the CIA leak case, and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, have now sued former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage for serving as the primary source responsible for disclosing Plame's CIA affiliation....... [more]

Ex-State Department official confirms he was leak source in CIA scandal
September 8, 2006 by Joshua Pantesco
Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage personally admitted to leaking the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson during a phone interview on Thursday. Armitage apologized for the leak, which he maintains was unintentional. Armitage said the admission came during interviews with.... [more]

Ex-State Department official admits leaking Plame identity to press: NYT
August 30, 2006 by Joshua Pantesco
A lawyer involved in the CIA leak case said Tuesday that former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has identified himself as the initial and primary source for the Robert Novak column that revealed Valerie Plame Wilson's CIA affiliation. The New York Times also learned from....... [more]

US flexible on Sudan resolution
September 13, 2004 by Jeannie Shawl
US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Monday that the US is willing to make changes to its draft UN Security Council resolution on Sudan, but said that Washington will insist on as strong a resolution as possible. As previously reported on JURIST's Paper Chase, the US formally intr....... [more]