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In its case against “Scooter” Libby, the government alleged that Former Vice President Dick Cheney told Scooter that Valarie Plame was an agent working for the CIA.

The government also alleged that Libby disclosed Plame’s identity to Matthew Cooper of Time Magazine (a count the jury rejected) and Judith Miller of The New York Times on the 12th of July.

The government claimed that Tim Russert of NBC knew about Plame’s identity on the 10th or 11th of July. Libby also relayed that information to Russert around the same time.

Months later on Meet the Press, Andrea Mitchell of NBC tells Russert “It was widely known” that Joe Wilson’s wife also worked at the CIA around the same dates.

Robert Novak from the Washington Post also admitted to being told about Plame’s identity by Karl Rove on July 11th.

All of the allegations above prove Russert’s story about Libby disclosing Plame’s identity to him on the 10th or 11th of July was unnecessary. The argument was artfully constructed here on a single animated PowerPoint slide.

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