Vice President Dick Cheney seemed surprised in 2003 when told where his chief of staff had learned the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame.
“From me?” Cheney asked, tilting his head, according to the grand jury testimony of the aide, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, who is on trial on charges of perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI….
“He didn’t say much, something about ‘from me?'” Libby told the grand jury. The vice president “tilted his head, something he does commonly, and that was that,” Libby recalled.
Cheney: Lil’ Ol’ Me?
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February 7, 2007 1:46 p.m.
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