Libby guilty in CIA leak case
06/03/2007 19:17  - (SA)  

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Washington - Former vice-presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby was found guilty on Tuesday of four counts of lying, perjury and obstructing justice during an investigation tied to the Iraq war.

Investigators were trying to determine who leaked the identity of CIA analyst Valerie Plame in 2003 after her husband accused the Bush administration of manipulating intelligence to build its case for war.

The jury of seven women and four men determined that Libby, vive-president Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, obstructed the probe and lied to investigators.

He was found not guilty of one charge of lying to the FBI and faces up to 25 years in prison.

Libby's attorneys had said he could not accurately recall conversations about Plame when he was interviewed months later by the FBI and a grand jury.

Nobody has been charged with intentionally identifying Plame, the wife of former ambassador Joseph Wilson.

- Reuters

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