Lawyers May Keep Libby

The New York Times NEIL A. LEWIS February 6, 2007 08:27 PM

The jurors deciding the perjury case against I. Lewis Libby Jr. listened to his voice on audiotape for hours today as his lawyers quietly explored a surprise strategy -- keeping him off the witness stand -- that would insure the jurors would never hear his voice in person.

The audio tapes played in the courtroom were of Mr. Libby's two grand jury appearances in March 2004 in which he repeatedly testified under oath that he had no recollection of several conversations he held about Valerie Wilson, a Central Intelligence Agency operative. His denials were in sharp contrast to the testimony over the last two weeks of reporters and government officials who were colleagues of Mr. Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney.

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