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Libby Indictments Raise Very Serious Allegations about Compromise of National Security Information

Date: Oct. 28, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security


Libby Indictments Raise Very Serious Allegations about Compromise of National Security Information

WASHINGTON, DC - Democratic Chief Deputy Whip Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement regarding the five-count indictment against Vice President Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby:

"Today, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was indicted by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald on charges of obstruction of justice, false statements and perjury. Allegations that a senior government official tried to subvert the criminal justice process by lying to a grand jury are very serious. This is made even more serious by the fact that the investigation is focused on whether classified national security information was compromised during a time of war. The outcome is now in the hands of our independent judicial system."

http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/co01_degette/051028.html

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