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Bush OK'd Iraq leak, Libby says

Assertion cited in prosecution court filings

I. Lewis Libby, former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, arrived at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 3. According to court papers, Libby said he believed he received authorization from President Bush to leak intelligence on Iraq.
By Michael Kranish
Globe Staff / April 7, 2006

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WASHINGTON -- President Bush authorized the leak of a classified intelligence report about Iraq to a New York Times reporter, according to court papers that quote I. Lewis ''Scooter" Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. (Full article: 1132 words)

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