First Criminal Charges Arising From Selling The War...

First Criminal Charges Arising From Selling The War...

Although the indictment dealt with Libby's behavior before the grand jury and did not go to underlying core issues, it still represented the first criminal charges to arise from the administration's push to sell the public on going to war against Iraq.

At the heart of the case is whether senior administration officials in July 2003 deliberately leaked to reporters the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame in an effort to discredit and punish her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson. Intentionally blowing the cover of a CIA agent is a violation of federal law.

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