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Washington scandals come and go, but the one surrounding the investigation into the leaking of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame’s identity—now in its fourth year—has had unprecedented staying power. In October 2005, when I. Lewis Libby was indicted on five felony counts of making false statements to the FBI, perjury, and obstruction of justice, his trial became the latest chapter in the saga.
Murray Waas, one of today’s finest investigative journalists, has edited and assembledthis instant book which covers the trial from start to finish. Murray Waas combines the trial transcript, pivotal testimony from key witnesses, and his own original, incisive reporting and an over-arching introductory essay. The subject is certainly one with which Murray Waas is intimately familiar: he’s done groundbreaking work for National Journal covering the Plame investigation, as well as the Bush Administration’s use and misuse of pre-war intelligence. No one is better qualified, or has done more, to inform the public of these shrouded events than Murray Waas. Like the published reports from the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group, this definitive study is sure to become one of the most significant political documents of this Bush era.