Sam Stimson

Washington scandals come and go, but the one surrounding the investigation into the leaking of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame’s identity—has had unprecedented staying power. In October 2005, when I. Lewis Libby was indicted on five felony counts of perjury,and obstruction of justice, his trial became the latest chapter in the saga. Sam Stimson, Jeff Lomonaco, and Murray Waas, one of today’s finest investigative journalists, has edited this instant book that covers the trial from start to finish. “Murray Waas is our Woodward now...publishing the biggest story in town.”—Jay Rosen, PressThink.Org
“Slowly but surely…they are putting together a compelling narrative about how President Bush and his top aides contrived a bogus case for war in Iraq.”—Dan Froomkin
“This is pretty impressive….he just keeps whaling away with discrete fact after discrete fact.“—Columbia Journalism Review
“Murray Waas is getting his day in the sun…The freelance investigative reporter has racked up a series of scoops—Howard Kurtz, Washington Post columnist