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  • 'Scooter' Libby in the Oval Office for a photocall in 2005Ex-White House aide Libby guilty of lying

    21:26 Former US vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby was found guilty today of four counts of lying, perjury and obstructing justice during an investigation tied to the Iraq war. Investigators were trying to determine who leaked the identity of CIA analyst Valerie Plame in 2003 after her husband accused the Bush administration of manipulating intelligence to build its case for war. Libby had faced five charges: two counts of perjury, two counts of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice.
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