"Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff and national security advisor for Vice President Cheney, resigned on 28 October 2005.
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At the time of his resignation, Scooter Libby was Vice President Cheney's right hand, serving as both chief of staff and national security advisor. He is embroiled in the leak of a CIA agent's name, part of an orchestrated attack on a political opponent.
Libby is the first active White House staff member to be indicted while in office since 1875, in the Grant Administration. The controversy is laid out in a 22-page indictment issued on 28 October by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald alleges that Libby leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame to a series of reporters and then lied to the FBI and grand jury when questioned. The indictment indicates that Cheney told Libby that Plame was a classified CIA employee.
Libby is the first active White House staff member to be indicted while in office since 1875, in the Grant Administration. The controversy is laid out in a 22-page indictment issued on 28 October by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald alleges that Libby leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame to a series of reporters and then lied to the FBI and grand jury when questioned. The indictment indicates that Cheney told Libby that Plame was a classified CIA employee.
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