Patrick J. Fitzgerald
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Patrick J. Fitzgerald Fitzgerald
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 of the Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Fitzgerald said in his letter that Mr. Libby discussed the contents of the classified report in a July 8 meeting -- 10 days before it was declassified. 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. Mr. Fitzgerald said in his letter that Mr. Libby discussed the contents of the classified report in a July 8 meeting 10 days before it was declassified with Judith Miller, then a reporter at The Times.