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The prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, said in a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyers last month that Mr. Libby had testified before the grand jury that he had contacts with reporters in which he disclosed the content of the National Intelligence Estimate ('NIE'), that discussed Iraq's nuclear weapons capability. We also note that it is our understanding that Mr. Libby testified that he was authorized to disclose information about the NIE to the press by his superiors. The National Intelligence Estimate, which was done in October 2002, said that Iraq will probably have a nuclear weapon during this decade, but it included some dissenting views. The prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, said in a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyers last month that Mr. Libby had testified before the grand jury that he had contacts with reporters in which he disclosed the content of the National Intelligence Estimate ('NIE'), that discussed Iraq's nuclear weapons capability. Mr. Libby was indicted on five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice last October in what Mr. Fitzgerald has charged was a willful misleading of investigators about his role in exposing Valerie Wilson as an officer of the Central Intelligence Agency. The National Intelligence Estimate was done in October 2002, which showed that Iraq could have a nuclear weapon during this decade.