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Lawyers for former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby say that Libby was not instructed to reveal the name of former CIA officer Valerie Plame when disclosing previously classified information to a reporter. White House documents from two years ago do not mention Plame’s name, which Libby’s lawyers claim is evidence that there was no White House conspiracy against Plame’s husband Joseph C Wilson IV, who had criticized the administration.
About 20 gunmen stormed theWest Bank office of Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya, demanding jobs and promotions, before leaving. Haniya was not in the office at the time, but the group communicated with him via video-link. The men were members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, an offshoot of the Fatah party which was defeated in recent elections.
Defense arguments for Zacarias Moussaoui, who is accused of having lied to the FBI in order to hinder prevention of the 9/11 attacks, begin today. Yesterday the jury heard recordings of the final minutes in the cockpit of Flight 93. Moussaoui’s lawyers are expected to argue that he is mentally ill.
Mohamed ElBaradei, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is visiting Tehran to demand that Iran suspend its nuclear program. Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been adamant about continuing the process of uranium enrichment, which was announced earlier this week. Yesterday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that it would be “time for action” concerning Iran when the UN Security Council convenes again at the end of the month.
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