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Lewis Libby

Type: Person

Name: Lewis Libby (Irving Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Jr.)

Title: former Chief of Staff and assistant for National Security Affairs

Date of Birth: 22/08/1950

Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Biography for Lewis Libby

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

The long, hot summer of 'scandal', cont.

Last week, Gallup noted that a strong majority of Americans believe both the IRS and Benghazi controversies warrant continuing investigation -- data that would suggest prolonged media coverage of President Obama's so-called scandal season.But approval ... [Published Politico - 13 hours ago]

Entities: The Long Hot Summer, Benghazi, Lewis Libby, Investigation, Pew Research

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Lewis Libby

Never Mind Impeachment; Keep your Eyes on the Prize

Conservatives and Republicans would be unwise to pursue President Obama's impeachment as my colleague Bruce Walker today argues. The odds are the effort would backfire, and there is a much more important goal that should be at the center of our political ... [Published American Thinker - May 21 2013]

Entities: Barack Obama, Impeachment, Bruce Walker, Lewis Libby

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Karl Rove

Karl Rove: Prosecute ‘people who break their oath’ by leaking secrets

Fox News on Monday asked former Bush White House senior adviser Karl Rove, who participated in leaking the name of CIA agent Valerie Plame in 2003, to comment on the Obama administration’s decision to investigate Fox News reporter James Rosen as a co-conspirator ... [Published Raw Story - May 20 2013]

Entities: Karl Rove, JAMES ROSEN, MEGYN KELLY, Valerie Plame Wilson

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Valerie Plame Wilson

The Right’s Scandal Hypocrisy

It’s pretty rich, isn’t it, to see conservatives, not so long ago such ferocious guardians of presidential prerogative, suddenly acting as if they’d all interned at Common Cause when they were in college and thumping their chests about presidential transparency? ... [Published Daily Beast - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Hypocrisy, Barack Obama, Lewis Libby, Valerie Plame Wilson, Executive Privilege

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Richard Nixon

Letter to a Young Scandalmonger

If you want to harm an administration, don’t mention Watergate.Richard Nixon (left); Barack Obama (right)Left photo by APF/; Right photo by Jonathan Ernst/ReutersMy Dear Protégé:I note in your most recent correspondence that you have used the term “Watergate” ... [Published Slate Magazine - May 20 2013]

Entities: Richard Nixon, Lewis Libby, Jonathan Ernst, Keith Ellison

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Obama's 'Katrina Moment'

The day after Election Day 2004, President Bush confidently stated that he had earned political capital in the election and intended to spend it. It was a bold statement for a man who been reelected with a bare 51 percent majority. And Bush had anything ... [Published Wbal - May 20 2013]

Entities: Barack Obama, Competent, FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, Election Day

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Scandal!

I have been commenting on Washington scandals for nearly four decades—ever since the dead-drunk Wilbur Mills, the unduly lionized chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, was stopped by the police in the middle of the night accompanied by a stripper, ... [Published Columbia Journalism Review - May 20 2013]

Entities: Linda Tripp, Wilbur Mills, Walter Shapiro, Benghazi

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Point/Counterpoint: What's impact of IRS flap on Obama term?

Will the IRS scandal negatively affect President Barack Obama's second term? Washington correspondent Colby Itkowitz asks political analysts in Pennsylvania and Washington.YESLara BrownVillanova University political science professorQ: Will the IRS controversy ... [Published Morning Call - May 20 2013]

Entities: Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, Elections, Immigration, White House

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

RedBlue America: Can the president survive the scandals?

_ President Barack Obama last week found himself mired in three scandals: Republican anger over the September attacks on the Libyan consulate in Benghazi; the revelation that the IRS has subjected Tea Party groups to greater scrutiny; and the news that ... [Published Daily Breeze - May 19 2013]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement, Barack Obama

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Foster: Wandering through memories of Dubya

President Barack Obama joined all four living former presidents to help George W. Bush dedicate his new library and museum with great fanfare April 25 in Dallas. Doors to the presidential center opened May 1 with selected guests and media representatives ... [Published News-Journal - May 18 2013]

Entities: Laura Bush, Dick Cheney, Lewis Libby

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Presidents must admit wrongs

Undermining the trust of the IRS under any president destroys the foundation of government. Changing the facts about Benghazi to protect yourself destroys the confidence of any leader or leaders. Domestic spying has destroyed administrations. President ... [Published Tennessean - May 17 2013]

Entities: Kathleen Blanco, Lewis Libby, Michael Brown, Dick Cheney, Hurricane Katrina

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Recent leak cases and First Amendment battles

The Justice Department has been under scrutiny before in its media leak investigations. Its own inspector general's office concluded in a January 2010 report that the FBI did not comply with the federal regulation and department policy "that requires ... [Published Vida en el Valle - May 15 2013]

Entities: John Kiriakou, First Amendment, Lewis Libby, Judith Miller

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The long, hot summer of 'scandal', cont. [Published Politico - 13 hours ago]
The Right’s Scandal Hypocrisy [Published Daily Beast - 22 hours ago]
Never Mind Impeachment; Keep your Eyes on the P... [Published American Thinker - May 21 2013]
Karl Rove: Prosecute ‘people who break their oa... [Published Raw Story - May 20 2013]
Letter to a Young Scandalmonger [Published Slate Magazine - May 20 2013]
Obama's 'Katrina Moment' [Published Wbal - May 20 2013]
Scandal! [Published Columbia Journalism Review - May 20 2013]
The Great Benghazi Distraction [Published Middle East Online - May 20 2013]
Point/Counterpoint: What's impact of IRS flap o... [Published Morning Call - May 20 2013]
RedBlue America: Can the president survive the ... [Published Daily Breeze - May 19 2013]
RedBlueAmerica: Can Barack Obama survive string... [Published Record Searchlight - May 19 2013]
Foster: Wandering through memories of Dubya [Published News-Journal - May 18 2013]
GOP Yawns at AP Story Because 'You Don't Have A... [Published Crooks and Liars - May 17 2013]
Dick Cheney says "They lied" about Benghazi [Published Chicago Now - May 17 2013]
Philip Maddocks: House orders Hillary Clinton, ... [Published Norwich Bulletin - May 17 2013]
Obama's 'Katrina moment' [Published Baltimore Sun - May 17 2013]
Presidents must admit wrongs [Published Tennessean - May 17 2013]
RedBlue: Can Barack Obama survive scandals? [Published Scripps Howard News Service - May 16 2013]
Obama’s Bush League Scandals Are No Match [Published The Moderate Voice - May 16 2013]
You Just Heard Your Name on the Evening News. I... [Published Pajamas Media - May 16 2013]
Recent leak cases and First Amendment battles [Published Vida en el Valle - May 15 2013]
It just keeps getting worse for Obama [Published Macleans Online - May 15 2013]
Alberto Gonzales Offers Totally Hypothetical Ex... [Published Wonkette - May 14 2013]
InAPpropriate? [Published Swampland - May 14 2013]
Benghazi Revisited [Published Intellictual Conservative - May 12 2013]
Benghazi: Why Americans no longer trust the new... [Published Examiner.com - May 10 2013]
Outlaw Empire Meets the Wave 5 Ques... [Published Bulatlat.com - May 10 2013]
Wrong man punished [Published PhillyBurbs.com - May 08 2013]
Fox News Watch Panel Whines About Benghazi Cove... [Published Crooks and Liars - May 07 2013]
The Latest Benghazi Silliness: A Preemptive Att... [Published Little Green Footballs - May 06 2013]

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Karl Rove: Prosecute ‘people who break their oa... [Published Raw Story - May 20 2013] Fox News on Monday asked former Bush White House senior adviser Karl Rove, who participated in leaking the name of CIA agent Valerie Plame in 2003, to comment on the Obama administration’s decision to investigate Fox News reporter James Rosen as a co-conspirator ...
GOP Yawns at AP Story Because 'You Don't Have A... [Published Crooks and Liars - May 17 2013] Revelations that the Justice Department authorized the seizure of Associated Press phone records have produced condemnation from Congressional Democrats and other Obama allies. But while Capitol Hill Democrats decried the tactics as "inexcusable" ...
Obama’s Bush League Scandals Are No Match [Published The Moderate Voice - May 16 2013] Democrats who have been wishing for years that their party turn as nastily combative as the GOP are getting a taste of what St. Teresa of Avila meant centuries ago by saying, “More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.” Suddenly ...
You Just Heard Your Name on the Evening News. I... [Published Pajamas Media - May 16 2013] You’re in the government, not in one of the plum jobs, but it’s a pretty important position. In this case it doesn’t matter if you’re a career official or a political appointee. What matters is that you’ve just been fingered by somebody, and a journalist ...
Alberto Gonzales Offers Totally Hypothetical Ex... [Published Wonkette - May 14 2013] Well, this is … this is … we don’t even … FUCK! So, there is a bit of kerfuffle and a hullabaloo about the Department of Justice getting a very narrow slice of two months’ worth of phone records from AP while investigating a leak. For context, ...