Word: russerts
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...sentenced, I called Libby to see if he would grant a waiver for my testifying. The lawyers representing Time Inc. and me, who supported my making that call, thought Libby might well do so. After all, he had granted a waiver to a Washington Post reporter, and Tim Russert of NBC had just avoided contempt by testifying about his end of his conversation with Libby. Most important, my exchange with Libby about Wilson had been short and, in my thinking and Time Inc.'s, not especially provocative. When I reached Libby to ask for the waiver I told...
...RUSSERT Libby first heard the rumor that Joseph Wilson's wife, above, worked for the CIA during a conversation with Russert on July...
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...
...indictment alleges that Libby made a "false, fictitious and fraudulent statement" when he was questioned by the FBI. It also says that he lied in his testimony to the grand jury. Specifically, he misrepresented his conversations with NBC's Tim Russert, TIME's Matt Cooper, and Judith Miller of the New York Times. He told the grand jury that Russert had asked him whether he knew Wilson's wife worked for the CIA and that he was surprised to learn this from Russert. According to the indictment, Libby did not in fact discuss this with Russert, and he already knew...
...interested only in Cooper's conversations with Libby. Cooper called Libby himself to ask for a waiver; Libby asked Cooper to have his lawyer, who happened to be Abrams, call Tate to work out the details. Two other journalists, Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post and Tim Russert of NBC News, also gave testimony on their conversations with Libby...