Lewis Scooter Libby

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I, Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr, (born August 22, 1950) was the former Chief of Staff and assistant for National Security Affairs to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and presidential advisor. Republican strategist Mary Matalin, a former counselor to Cheney and a friend of mine, describes me as someone who did "for the vice president what the vice president does for the president. He's exceedingly analytical, detailed, strategic, bright; and he's discreet."On October 28, 2005, I resigned, hours after an indictment was returned by a grand jury charging me with:* one count of obstruction of justice; * two counts of perjury; and * two counts of making false statements.Each count carries a $250,000 fine, so, if convicted, up to $1.25 million in fines. The charges also carry a maximum prison term of thirty years. Neither I nor any other Bush Administration officials have to date been charged with the crime of revealing the identity of a covert CIA agent, the original focus of the investigation. The prosecutor made clear in a press conference that he believed that the actions of myself in lying to federal investigators and the grand jury had hindered his investigation into the matter he had set out to investigate.On November 16, 2005, Washington Post senior editor Bob Woodward, who helped uncover the Watergate Scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon revealed that he had just given testimony that another senior Bush administration official had given out information about Valerie Plame prior to and in addition to Mr. Libby. Fitzgerald had called Libby the first "known" official to do so - thus Woodward's revelation may not counter Fitzgerald's specific and carefully-worded characterization at that time.