Bush Role May Shift Trial That Hinges on Secrecy
Steve Rosen

By MARC PERELMAN
April 14, 2006

Allegations that President Bush authorized the leaking of controversial data on Iraqi weapons could bolster the defense of the two former staffers of the pro-Israel lobby charged with receiving and disclosing classified national defense information, legal experts said.

Keith Weissman
In court filings last week, special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald asserted that I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, had testified that he leaked intelligence information regarding Saddam Hussein's pursuit of weapons of mass destruction to a New York Times reporter in July 2003, after receiving permission from his superiors. According to Fitzgerald's filings, Libby said that he leaked the information on orders from Cheney, who stated that he himself had received authorization from Bush....

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