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Scooter Libby Defense Fund Opens
Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s indicted former chief of staff, has established a legal fund to pay for his defense in the C.I.A. leak case, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
Anonymous sources told the Times that Libby associates are soliciting money from friends and Republican donors. The same sources say Barbara Comstock, a Republican communications strategist hired to work with Libby’s defense team, has provided potential donors with a Washington address for sending checks.
Story Continues Below Since Libby has left government, there are no legal requirements for public disclosure, and there are no limits on individual contributions. The Times reports that names of donors will not be made public.
The fund could prove troubling for Libby’s political supporters. They must weigh the benefit of providing financial support to a friend and political ally against the likelihood of public censure for supporting a man accused of a serious crime.
Libby resigned October 28 in the wake of Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s indictment on charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements.
The charges grew out of an investigation into the alleged "outing” of CIA operative Valerie Plame, the wife of White House critic Joe Wilson. Wilson alleged in 2003 that the Bush administration misrepresented intelligence relating to Saddam Hussein’s disputed attempts to purchase yellow cake uranium from the government of Niger.
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence issued a unanimous bipartisan report in July 2004 debunking Wilson’s claims. The Butler Report, a British review of pre-war intelligence, also concluded that Wilson’s claims were false.
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