Sources: Rove unlikely to testify at CIA leak trial
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The defense in I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's perjury trial opens Monday, but White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove is not expected to be called as a witness, two sources close to the defense said.     Just last month, Rove and presidential counselor Dan Bartlett received subpoenas informing them they could be called to testify. A flurry of reports circulated suggesting that the White House aides might be forced to provide testimony damaging to the president.     Libby's attorneys refused to comment on whether Rove would testify, but Rove's legal team has been told at this point not to expect it, the sources said. (Watch how the Libby trial has revealed White House intrigue)    Libby's attorneys could still change their minds, but a source close to Rove said the White House official has been told that his chances of being called as a defense witness are between "zero and nil."    Libby is charged with lying to investigators and a grand jury investigating the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. Knowingly identifying a covert agent is illegal.
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Congressional Democrats on Monday singled out presidential adviser Karl Rove for questioning about the firings of eight federal prosecutors and whether the dismissals were politically motivated.
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Karl Rove, President Bush's chief political adviser, testified yesterday before a federal grand jury investigating whether administration officials last year illegally disclosed the identity of covert CIA employee Valerie Plame.
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A Senate panel found former presidential adviser Karl Rove and current White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten in contempt of Congress yesterday for refusing to testify and to turn over documents in the investigation of the firings of nine U.S. attorneys last year.
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Officials in Jerusalem are denying allegations that a Pentagon employee was leaking secret information to them about White House deliberations on Iran.
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Israeli officials have denied any links with a highly placed Pentagon employee suspected of leaking sensitive White House policy documents on Iraq and Iran, according to report on Saturday&#39;s CRIENGLISH.
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi and his predecessor Silvio Berlusconi will not be called to testify on behalf of Italy's former spy chief, who is accused of helping the CIA kidnap a terrorism suspect, a judge ruled ...Comment
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TONY EASTLEY: The Red Cross has refused to publicly confirm whether the memo leaked to the New York Times accurately reflects its concerns, citing its longstanding policy of confidentiality.
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A jury on Wednesday ended its sixth day of deliberations without deciding whether former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby lied when questioned about who revealed a CIA analyst's identity.
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Six journalists testified yesterday that Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, never mentioned an undercover CIA officer to them -- and some said they learned about her identity from other administration sources.
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The columnist who touched off a criminal investigation when he disclosed the identity of a CIA analyst testified on Monday that defendant Lewis "Scooter" Libby was not the one who blew her cover.
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On grand jury audiotapes played at his trial on Tuesday, former White House aide I. Lewis Libby said he learned about a CIA officer from Vice President Dick Cheney, forgot it, then learned it again from NBC News reporter Tim Russert a month later.
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Vice President Dick Cheney will be called to testify on behalf of his former chief of staff in the CIA leak case, defense attorneys said Tuesday, ending months of speculation over what would be historic testimony.
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Â· President avoids limelight after Libby backlashÂ· Republican ally withdraws support over Iraq
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A federal judge today refused to order a special review of the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes, saying there was no evidence that the Bush administration defied court orders and that Justice Department prosecutors should be allowed to proceed with their own investigation into the ma...
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The White House denied Iraqi television reports that U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Thursday.
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The trials of former president Saddam Hussein and his top lieutenants likely will not begin this year, a US official here said Friday, contradicting a recent pronouncement