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...core agents in CIA custody, America's new spy chief seems less enthusiastic about the leeway his operatives have had. At a secret briefing for U.S. Senators on Oct. 26, a senior U.S. intelligence official tells TIME, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte was pointedly neutral on Vice President Dick Cheney's Capitol Hill lobbying to have the CIA exempted from legislation banning mistreatment of detainees. "It's above my pay grade," the spymaster said, then artfully dodged another question about whether the harsher interrogation tactics Cheney wants the agency to be free to use actually produce valuable intelligence...
...pardon the Vice President's former chief of staff if he is convicted of perjury, obstruction of justice or other charges. Republicans involved in the case say the scenario most conducive to a pardon would be a guilty plea by Libby to head off a messy trial in which Dick Cheney's testimony might be sought...
...special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald said they saw more clues last week that Fitzgerald is continuing to look into the possibility of charging Rove with lying to investigators or the grand jury or both. If that happens, Rove almost certainly would resign immediately, as did I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, when Libby was indicted two weeks ago. Otherwise, Rove is likely to wait for a chance to minimize the perception that he is being hounded out or leaving under a cloud. And he's got one constituency rooting for him, the conservatives who rely...
PLEADED NOT GUILTY. I. LEWIS (SCOOTER) LIBBY, 55, ex-chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney; to a five-count indictment, including perjury and obstruction of justice, stemming from statements he made during the investigation into who leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame; in Washington...
...Political Correspondent: Michael Kramer Washington Contributing Editor: Hugh Sidey Senior Correspondents: David Aikman, Jonathan Beaty, Sandra Burton, Richard Hornik, J. Madeleine Nash, Bruce van Voorst, Jack E. White Washington: Dan Goodgame, Ann Blackman, Margaret Carlson, James Carney, Michael Duffy, Julie Johnson, J.F.O. McAllister, Jay Peterzell, Suneel Ratan, Elaine Shannon, Dick Thompson, Adam Zagorin, Melissa August New York: Janice C. Simpson, Edward Barnes, John F. Dickerson Boston: Sam Allis Chicago: Jon D. Hull, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: William McWhirter Atlanta: Michael Riley Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: Cathy Booth Los Angeles: Jordan Bonfante, Jeanne McDowell, Sylvester Monroe, Jeffrey Ressner, James Willwerth, Patrick...