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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

ON the campaign trail President George W Bush refused to admit a mistake and defended some of the most controversial moves of his first four years.

US President George Bush has been interviewed by government prosecutors in connection with an investigation into who leaked the name of an undercover CIA operative to the media.

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.

The White House has emphatically denied that President George Bush’s chief political strategist was involved in revealing the identity of a CIA officer, possibly breaking the law.