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Neither Joseph Wilson nor the former diplomat's wife were mentioned in the conversation NBC's Tim Russert had with Libby on July 10, 2003. Libby had already heard about the Wilsons' identity from officials he tapped to help collect information about the Niger trip and had spoken to one person about the couple. Those involved included, among others...
...From the TIME Archive • A War on Wilson? Inside the Bush Administration's feud with the diplomat who poured cold water on the Iraq-uranium connection [7/17/2003...
...leak of the identity of a covert CIA operative. Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, who heads the two-year-old investigation, believes that Libby lied about how he learned-then shared with reporters-the identity of Valerie Plame, a covert CIA operative who is married to Joseph Wilson, a former diplomat who has been fiercely critical of the Bush Administration's claims about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. "Mr. Libby gave the FBI a compelling story," Fitzgerald said in a press conference. But that story "was not true. It was false ... and he lied about it afterwards, under oath...
...From the TIME Archive • A War on Wilson? Inside the Bush Administration's feud with the diplomat who poured cold water on the Iraq-uranium connection [7/17/2003...
...says it still wants help with economic development. But at an economic conference organized by the European Union in Pyongyang this month, officials from the North didn't have a clear plan. "They didn't ask us to help in a transition to a market economy," said a European diplomat who attended. "They barely participated. There was no debate." The country desperately needs to rebuild its economy. But any liberalization could lead to a loss of the absolute political control enjoyed by Kim. The dilemma is evident during a visit to the Kumsung Educational Institute. Boys recruited from around...