June 5: Lewis “Scooter” Libby was indicted by a federal grand jury
concerning investigation of the leak of
the covert identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. A jury convicted him on four of the five counts in the indictment (one count of
obstruction of justice, two counts of perjury, and one count of making false
statements), but acquitted him on the second count (making false statements).Libby
was the highest-ranking White House official convicted in a government scandal
since John Poindexter, national security
adviser to President Reagan during the Iran-Contra Affair. Both Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, have a shameful record.