CIA leak probe

Bush statement on Libby decision

President Bush's statement today in sparing former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby from a 2 1/2-year prison term:

Trial hurts many reputations

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's conviction ripped through the nation's capital yesterday like a late-winter storm.

Bush's self-justification rare

President Bush said yesterday that he ordered the release of classified information in 2003 to prove his reasons for the Iraq war were legitimate - a striking assertion for a leader who has made secrecy one of the trademarks of his administration, analysts said.

Sun Q&A

Julie Hirschfeld Davis on the CIA leak probe

T.C., Columbia: What differentiates Robert Novak from the other journalists that revealed [CIA agent Valerie] Plame's identity? What repercussions could he be facing?

Biographical information on Libby

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr.

Summary of CIA leak charges

The five charges against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr. carry a total maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and $1.25 million in fines. A look at the charges as outlined in a 22-page indictment released Friday:

Text of Cheney statement

Reaction from Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday to the resignation of his chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, as released by the White House:

Text of Keller's e-mail to NYT staff

Text of an e-mail sent to the staff of The New York Times by Bill Keller, the paper's executive editor:

Aides' woes could badly harm Bush

Washington // It's not often that President Bush, who casts himself as decisive and bold, is cut off from decisions of grave importance to his presidency.

Longtime assistant to Rove testifies

WASHINGTON - A top assistant to White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove appeared last week before the federal grand jury investigating possible criminal wrongdoing by the Bush administration in the exposing of a CIA operative, a person familiar with the case said yesterday.

Novak defends actions in leak

In another installment of the cat-and-mouse game that the affair of the CIA spy's leaked name has become, conservative columnist Robert Novak gave an unexpected glimpse yesterday at his role in the matter, something he promised he would not do until it was all over.

Rove's role in fundraiser for Steele sparks debate

WASHINGTON - Karl Rove might be embroiled in the scandal surrounding the leaked identity of a CIA operative, but he still has time to entice campaign donors to open their checkbooks - and Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele is taking advantage.

Passage urged for shield law

WASHINGTON - Advocates for a proposed federal shield law that would keep journalists from having to disclose confidential sources told the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday that the lack of such protection is impinging on the public's right to information.

For prosecutor, CIA leak case comes down to matter of law

WASHINGTON - The White House aides and journalists at the center of Patrick J. Fitzgerald's probe into how a spy's cover was blown have little in common with the terrorists and mobsters he has pursued for most of his career.

Plame case shines a light on the value of CIA operatives' cover

WASHINGTON - Several months after her identity as a CIA operative was exposed in a newspaper column, Valerie Plame had dinner with five of her classmates from the agency's training academy.

Note shows official knew Rove talked to reporter

WASHINGTON - After mentioning a CIA operative to a reporter, Bush confidant Karl Rove alerted the president's No. 2 security adviser about the interview and said he tried to steer the journalist away from allegations the operative's husband was making about faulty Iraq intelligence.

Rove said to learn of agent's identity from media

WASHINGTON -- After mentioning a CIA operative to a reporter, Bush confidant Karl Rove alerted the president's No. 2 security adviser about the interview and said he tried to steer the journalist away from allegations the operative's husband was making about faulty Iraq intelligence.

President says he won't prejudge Rove

WASHINGTON - President Bush said yesterday that he would not judge the role that senior aide Karl Rove might have played in revealing the identity of a CIA agent until a federal criminal investigator had finished his work.

Democrats urge Steele to cancel event with Rove

National Democrats said yesterday that Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele should cancel a fund-raising event featuring White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove because of Rove's possible involvement in the leak of the name of a CIA officer.

Democrats spin conspiracy theory around Rove

WASHINGTON - A spy outed. A reporter jailed. And now, a White House operative fingered.

N.Y. Times reporter is sent to jail for withholding source

WASHINGTON - Declaring no one to be above the law, a federal judge sent New York Times reporter Judith Miller to jail yesterday for refusing to divulge a confidential source to a grand jury investigating the disclosure of a CIA agent's identity.

Prosecutor urges judge to jail 2 reporters at once

A special prosecutor pleaded with a federal judge yesterday to punish two recalcitrant reporters by sending them to jail, not put them under house arrest as they had hoped.

'Time' decides to name source who leaked agent's identity

Under pressure from a judge and a special prosecutor, and a threat of jail for a veteran reporter, Time magazine announced yesterday that it would identify who in the White House leaked the name of a covert CIA agent.

Judge indicates patience for reporters running out

WASHINGTON - Invoking the wisdom of the walrus in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, a federal judge said yesterday that the "time has come" to decide the fate of two reporters whom he found in contempt last fall for declining to reveal the name of a Bush administration source.

High court refuses appeal of 2 reporters facing jail

Two journalists could be jailed as early as this week after the U.S. Supreme Court declined yesterday to hear their appeals of a ruling finding them in contempt of court for refusing to disclose their sources.

President is questioned by special prosecutor

WASHINGTON - A special prosecutor questioned President Bush for more than an hour yesterday as part of an investigation into who illegally leaked the identity of an undercover CIA officer.

Timeline of events in CIA leak case

A timeline of events leading up to the conviction of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on charges stemming from the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name.