Lawyers for Libby Subpoena Reporter and New York Times

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Lawyers for Libby Subpoena Reporter and New York Times

By ADAM LIPTAK
Published: March 16, 2006
Lawyers for I. Lewis Libby Jr., a former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney who faces charges of obstruction of justice, served subpoenas on Tuesday on The New York Times Company and a former reporter for The Times, Judith Miller.

The subpoenas seek documents concerning the disclosure of the identity of an undercover C.I.A. operative, Valerie Wilson. Mr. Libby has been charged with lying to a grand jury about how he learned about Ms. Wilson's identity.

Ms. Miller testified before the grand jury last fall, after having served 85 days in jail to protect a confidential source later revealed to be Mr. Libby. She also provided the grand jury with edited notes of her interviews with Mr. Libby. Ms. Miller retired from The Times in November.

The new subpoenas seek her notes and other materials, including any other documents concerning Ms. Wilson prepared by Ms. Miller and Nicholas D. Kristof, an Op-Ed columnist for The Times; drafts of a personal account by Ms. Miller published in The Times in October concerning her grand jury testimony; documents concerning her interactions with an editor of The Times; and documents concerning a recent Vanity Fair article on the investigation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/16/politics/16leak.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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1. I. Lewis Libby Jr., has lost his scooter and doesn't know where to find

it. Like all good dirty rats he looking hard. Maybe blame it on Judith baby this time, 'eh?

A spokeswoman for The Times said its lawyers were reviewing the subpoena served on it. A lawyer for Ms. Miller, Robert S. Bennett, said she would probably fight her subpoena.

"It's entirely too broad," Mr. Bennett said. "It's highly likely we'll be filing something with the court."