Washington scandals come and go, but the one surrounding the investigation into the leaking of covert CIA operative’s Valerie’s identity has had unprecedented staying power, lasting into the fourth year. The most recent chapter of he saga occured on March 6, 2007, when I. Lewis Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, was convicted by a jury of four counts of making false statements to the FBI, perjury, and obstruction of justice. To tell the full story of the trial from start to finish, Murray Waas, one of today’s finest investigative journaists, has combined pivotal testimony from all trial wintesses with his own original, incisive reporting, and a compelling essay. No one is better qualified, or has done more, to inform the public of these shrouded events than Waas, who covered the Plame inquirty extensively for the National Journal. This definitive study is sure to become one of the most significant political documents on a signature scandal of George W. Bush’s preseidency.
