Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME, March 8th, 2007
More than any congressional investigation, the guilty verdict in the trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, chief aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, reveals what the White House was willing to do and say to shape public opinion about the invasion of Iraq. The verdict's power is not in its surprise but in its dismaying predictability.
"Any lie under oath is serious," said prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, after the trial. This case was about lies to cover the exposure of earlier lies, whether under oath or not.
Mr. Fitzgerald's skilled and dogged investigation built a case that found Mr. Libby acc...
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