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Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, told a grand jury that he was authorized by his ''superiors'' to disclose classified information to reporters about Iraq's weapons capability in June and July 2003. The letter was first reported Thursday by the National Journal, which said its sources had identified that one of the superiors was Mr. Cheney. According to a document filed by a federal prosecutor, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, I. Lewis Libby Jr., told a grand jury that he was authorized by his "superiors" to disclose classified information to reporters about Iraq's weapons capability in June and July 2003. The prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald's letter was first reported Thursday by the National Journal, which said its sources had identified that one of the superiors was Mr. Cheney.