FACTBOX: Some facts on former Cheney aide Lewis Libby

Tue Mar 6, 2007 12:13pm EST
 
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(Reuters) - Here are some facts on Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who was found guilty on Tuesday of four of five counts of lying and obstruction of justice in a two-year federal investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative.

* Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, was charged with obstructing and lying to investigators who were seeking to determine who leaked Valerie Plame's identity in 2003 after her husband accused the Bush administration of manipulating intelligence to build its case for the Iraq war.

* Libby faced five charges: two counts of perjury, two counts of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice. He faced up to 30 years in prison and $1.25 million in fines if found guilty.

* No one has been charged with intentionally identifying Plame, the wife of former ambassador Joseph Wilson.

* Known as "Vice President Dick Cheney's Dick Cheney," Libby was a quiet force in building the Bush administration's case for the Iraq invasion.

* Libby also served in the administration of President Bush's father as deputy under secretary of defense and was at the State Department during the Reagan administration.

* He was educated at Yale University, Bush's alma mater, and Columbia University law school.

 

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