Libby Covering Up for Cheney?

When the FBI investigators first started looking into the CIA leaks, they had a veritable treasure trove of information in the form of phone and visitor logs. Perhaps more significantly they had I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s diary-like notes, that chronicled events inside the White House in the weeks leading up to the disclosure of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame.

The investigators talked to Libby on Oct. 14, 2003, and first heard from him what prosecutors now allege was a demonstrably false version of what happened. Libby testified that he heard about Valerie Plame’s identity from Tim Russert — but people should be careful what they write as his testimony directly countered what he had written in his notes — he had learned about Valerie Plame’s identity from his boss, Vice-President Cheney.

There are questions that hang over this entire debacle though — why would Libby leave himself so exposed? What, or rather who, is he protecting? The debate goes on — as will Libby’s trial.

Read the lively thread at Drudge Report; TalkLeft has a great analysis, very in-depth and thorough; Brad DeLong suggests pointedly that Libby is committing perjury to protect Cheney; Lies.com has a good future timeline of what he believes will happen; Think Progress suggests that Bush may have known who the leakers were (although that is tenuous at best).

Read the original Washington Post article, “Libby May Have Tried to Mask Cheney’s Role“.