Libby Trial Exposing Cheney’s Key Role Against War Criticism

Washington Post February 3, 2007 09:18 PM

Her testimony brought Cheney closer than ever to the heart of the controversy surrounding the Bush administration's efforts to discredit Wilson, who had accused the White House of twisting intelligence he had gathered as it sought to justify the invasion of Iraq.

White House officials testified that Cheney was irritated because Wilson alleged that the vice president had sent him on the fact-finding trip to Niger and was rejecting the results of that mission. Time after time at the height of the controversy, they said, Cheney directed the administration's response to Wilson's criticism and Libby carried it out.

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