Libby Defense: Phone Calls After Novak Published Plame Secret

James Joyner | Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Scooter Libby attorney Ted Wells told the jury during opening arguments that Robert Novak’s column was sent out to his syndicator on July 11, 2003 so that it could be published. As a result, it was “sent to over 85 newspapers.” “So this so-called secret…is in approximately 85 newsrooms” at least one day before any of the conversations with reporters under dispute in this trial.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.

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