Judge orders presidential docs released, regarding Libby

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Judge orders CIA to turn over intelligence briefings to Libby
Spy agency fought release of presidential-level documents

Friday, March 10, 2006; Posted: 4:12 p.m. EST (21:12 GMT)

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WASHINGTON(AP) -- A federal judge ordered the CIA on Friday to turn over highly classified intelligence briefings to Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide to use in the aide's defense against perjury charges.

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton rejected CIA warnings that the nation's security would be imperiled if the presidential-level documents were disclosed to lawyers for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's former chief of staff.

The judge said the CIA can either delete highly classified information from the briefing material and provide copies of what Libby received six days a week, often with Cheney. Or, Walton said, the CIA can produce "topic overviews" of the matters covered in the briefings.

The judge also ordered the CIA to give Libby an index of the topics covered in follow-up questions that the former White House aide asked intelligence officers who conducted the briefings.

In seeking CIA input late last month, Walton appeared to have been trying to broker a compromise between defense attorneys and prosecutors to avoid a lengthy court battle with the Bush administration over the briefing material.

The judge's order indicates he is ready for such a fight. He set a schedule for the Bush administration to file any objections by March 24.

The charges against Libby -- perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to FBI agents -- grew out of an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity.

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/10/cialeak.ap/index.html

Should be interesting to see those documents..if we ever do, hopefully. :)
 
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Originally posted by: RichardE

Should be interesting to see those documents..if we ever do, hopefully. :)

We won't, and if we do, they'll be so heavily redacted that they won't reveal anything of any consequence.
 

Todd33

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Great, now Bush will fight the release and push the whole thing into 07 just like they want.
 

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Originally posted by: DonVito
Originally posted by: RichardE

Should be interesting to see those documents..if we ever do, hopefully. :)

We won't, and if we do, they'll be so heavily redacted that they won't reveal anything of any consequence.


yep
 

her209

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Originally posted by: Todd33
Great, now Bush will fight the release and push the whole thing into 07 just like they want.
The documents are to aid in the defense of Libby. Besides, remember, Cheney has the power to declassify documents at his whim.