Bob Novak Retires
Robert Novak, who has been a leading political columnist longer than I've been alive, has announced his immediate retirement in the wake of his diagnosis with a brain tumor. Robert Novak has announced his immediate retirement following the diagnosis of a brain tumor, a prognosis the Sun-Times' political columnist describes as "dire." "The details are being worked out with the doctors this ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 4, 2008 14:40
Valerie Plame Can’t Publish Dates of CIA Service
A federal judge has backed the CIA's bid to keep Valerie Plame Wilson from disclosing the length of her CIA service, despite it being publicly available information. Valerie Wilson may be the best known former intelligence operative in recent history, but a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that she was not allowed to say how long she worked for ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 3, 2007 09:09
Valerie Plame’s Lawsuit Dismissed
Valerie Plame's civil suit against Dick Cheney and others has been thrown out. AP's Matt Apuzzo: A federal judge on Thursday dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame's lawsuit against members of the Bush administration in the CIA leak scandal. Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, had accused Vice President Dick Cheney and others of conspiring to leak her ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 19, 2007 15:42
Joe Wilson Endorses Hillary Clinton
Valerie Plame's husband, Joe Wilson, has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on a conference call with liberal bloggers. Taylor Marsh, for one, is quite excited: "This is a huge deal for Candidate Clinton and a big endorsement for her candidacy. That it was broken on the blogs sends a powerful signal." My guess is the signal is that it ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 16, 2007 15:48
Novak on Plame Leak
Bob Novak recounts the details of his meeting with Richard Armitage wherein he learned of Valerie Plame's CIA identity in his new autobiography, The Prince of Darkness. His newspaper, The Chicago Sun-Times, has an excerpt: It is important to note that Armitage reached out to me before Joe Wilson went public on the New York Times op-ed page and on ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 9, 2007 10:06
Libby Commutation Reactions
As one would expect, last evening's news that President Bush has commuted Scooter Libby's jail sentence has spawned a huge amount of controversy in the blogosphere, with some decrying it as the greatest outrage since Watergate and others complaining it didn't go far enough. From the Left: Nancy Pelosi: "The President’s commutation of Scooter Libby’s prison sentence does not serve justice, condones ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 3, 2007 09:01
Scooter Libby Granted Clemency
President Bush has granted clemency to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. WHEREAS Lewis Libby was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case United States v. Libby, Crim. No. 05-394 (RBW), for which a sentence of 30 months' imprisonment, 2 years' supervised release, a fine of $250,000, and a special assessment of $400 was imposed ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 2, 2007 19:30
Scooter Libby Denied Bail During Appeals
Barring a presidential pardon, it appears that Scooter Libby is headed to jail soon. A federal appeals court Monday rejected former White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s request to remain free on appeal after his March conviction on federal charges stemming from the leak of a CIA agent’s identity. Libby, once Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, faces a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 2, 2007 15:13
5 Myths About Scooter Libby
Carol Leonnig, who covers the federal courts for WaPo and with whom I had the pleasure of sitting during my brief stint covering the Libby trail, shoots down "5 Myths About Scooter and the Slammer." Her column will irritate both Libby's strongest supporters and most vehement critics. It's now rather clear that Libby lied to the grand jury about ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 10, 2007 08:26
Plame Sheds Little Light in Leak Case
Valerie Plame Wilson testified before Congress today, claiming that she was a covert operative at the time Richard Armitage leaked information to Robert Novak and that the content of that leak--that she had been behind sending her husband, Joe Wilson, to Niger, was false. Her opening statement is transcribed here. AP's Matt Apuzzo, who has been reporting the ins-and-outs of this case ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 16, 2007 18:29
