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Squirrelly little PNAC Zionist bastard has come face to face with reality. Let's hope that in light of this conviction, which is related to a case of treason, that we see more of these traitors tried for their crimes against America.

May the pathway to Cheney be paved in the bones of his subordinates.

Good work, Fitzie.

Former Top Cheney Aid Found Guilty in CIA Leak Trial
By VOA News
06 March 2007

Jurors have found the former top aide to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney guilty of four of five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice during an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity.

Lewis "Scooter" Libby was charged with lying to both a U.S. grand jury and federal investigators trying to determine who exposed the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame.

Plame is married to former diplomat Joseph Wilson, who openly criticized the Bush administration about its reasons for launching the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The verdict was announced in Washington, D.C. Tuesday after 10 days of deliberations by an 11-member jury.

The 56-year-old Libby could face up to 30 years in prison and more than one million dollars in fines. Media reports say sentencing has been set for June 5, but the defense has asked for a delay.

Prosecutors say Libby leaked the information as part of a coordinated White House effort to discredit Wilson, a public critic of the Iraq war.

Chief Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said the disclosure of Plame's identity "cast a cloud" over the White House and over Vice President Cheney in particular.

Libby's perjury and obstruction of justice trial is the only criminal case to emerge from the CIA leak investigation.

Libby's defense attorneys argued that Libby had a bad memory and did not deliberately lie.

Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

Addition:
Following the publishing of the jury's verdict today in the Libby trial, Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald held an impromptu press conference answering reporters' questions. During that questioning, Fitzgerald made it clear that, as alleged in the Indictment, the status of Valerie Plame in the CIA was "classified". Fitzgerald made it clear that there is no dispute on that matter. He said: "That is a fact."

Treason has been committed and those responsible must suffer the full penalty of law.