Bush aide Libby convicted in CIA leak trial

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.

Libby, former chief of staff to US Vice President Dick Cheney, was acquitted on just one of five charges after a trial that focused renewed attention on the Bush administration’s claims of evidence about weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the Iraq war.

On hearing the verdict Libby stood expressionless.