Former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation.

Former US White House aide Lewis ’Scooter’ Libby faces sentencing today in the CIA leak trial.

Ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame told a House of Representatives committee that White House and State Department officials “carelessly and recklessly” revealed her secret identity.

Attorneys for convicted former vice presidential aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby began working on a request for a new trial today as the Bush White House tried to knock down speculation about a possible pardon in the CIA leak case.

The man who was once US vice president Dick Cheney’s closest adviser is facing up to 25 years behind bars after being convicted of lying and obstructing a media leak investigation that shook the top levels of the Bush administration.

FORMER White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby was convicted yesterday of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI in an investigation into the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame’s identity to reporters.

Former White House aide I Lewis “Scooter” Libby was convicted today of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI in an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative’s identity.

A juror was today dismissed from the trial of former White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby after court officials learned she had been exposed to information about the case over the weekend.

Five weeks and 19 witnesses into the CIA leak trial, US jurors are today set to begin deciding the fate of former White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby.

Prosecutors have just three hours left to convince US jurors in the Washington CIA leak case.

A television journalist deflected criticism of his ethics and credibility as the prosecution rested its case in the CIA leak trial of former White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby.

A television journalist deflected criticism of his ethics and credibility as the prosecution rested its case today in the CIA leak trial of former White House aide Lewis ’Scooter’ Libby.

Prosecutors in the CIA leak trial will call former New York Times reporter Judith Miller to the stand in the US today.

Former CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, today said they had decided to sue Vice President Dick Cheney and presidential adviser Karl Rove because they engaged in a “whispering campaign” to destroy her career.

COULD US Vice-President Dick Cheney be a star prosecution witness in the perjury trial of his former chief of staff?

A federal judge in Washington DC today refused to dismiss charges against Lewis Libby, the former top White House aide who was indicted on perjury and obstruction charges last year in the CIA leak scandal.

THE White House has refused to challenge claims that President George W Bush authorised the leaks of intelligence information to counter US administration critics on Iraq.

The White House today declined to challenge assertions that President George Bush authorised the leaks of intelligence information to counter US administration critics on Iraq.

US vice president Dick Cheney’s former top aide told prosecutors President George Bush authorised the leak of sensitive intelligence information about Iraq, according to court papers filed by prosecutors in the CIA leak case.

US Vice President Dick Cheney’s former top aide told prosecutors President George Bush authorised the leak of sensitive intelligence information about Iraq, according to court papers filed by prosecutors in the CIA leak case.

US VICE President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff yesterday pleaded not guilty in the CIA leak scandal, marking the start of what could be a long road to a trial in which top Bush officials could be summoned to testify.

US Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff today pleaded not guilty in the CIA leak scandal, marking the start of what could be a long road to a trial in which Cheney and other top Bush administration officials could be summoned to testify.

SENATE Democratic leader Harry Reid yesterday said US President George W Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney should apologise for the actions of their aides in the CIA leak case.

The White House was today left reeling from the indictment of one of its most senior aides, Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby, charged with lying to the FBI and a grand jury under oath.

LEWIS “Scooter” Libby quietly rose to the highest corridors of power in Washington only to be brought down in a scandal that thrust him into the limelight that he so explicitly avoided.

SPECIAL Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald met yesterday with the grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer’s identity, putting the finishing touches on a two-year criminal probe that has ensnared two senior White House aides.

US Vice-President Dick Cheney was yesterday directly linked to a federal investigation into the leaking of a CIA agent’s identity.

Karl Rove, US President George Bush’s chief political adviser, will step down if indicted in connection with the leaked identity of a CIA agent, it has been claimed.

US VICE President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff could face obstruction and other charges over exchanges with a New York Times reporter people close to the case said yesterday.

New York Times reporter Judith Miller today gave prosecutors details of a previously undisclosed conversation she had with Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, adding a new dimension to the criminal investigation into the leak of a covert CIA officer’s identity.

PRESIDENTIAL aide Karl Rove’s upcoming fourth appearance before a federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer’s identity is a risky legal move because it opens him up to making statements inconsistent with what he has previously said, experts say.

After nearly three months behind bars, New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released after she agreed to testify about the Bush administration’s disclosure of a covert CIA officer’s identity.

The US media is struggling to reconcile two cherished values. One is the idea that journalists must not be forced to reveal their sources. The other is much less noble, but no less cherished: get Bush.

US PRESIDENT George W Bush vowed yesterday that anyone found to have committed a crime regarding the leak of a CIA agent’s identity will be sacked from his administration.

Karl Rove, US President George Bush’s chief political adviser, was one of the sources behind the leaked identity of a CIA agent, but may not have known her name, according to Newsweek magazine.

A US judge has sent a journalist to prison for refusing to divulge her source in the investigation of the leak of an undercover CIA officer’s name.

White House staff have been given until Tuesday to turn in all documents that might aid investigators looking into who leaked the name of an undercover CIA officer to a columnist.