Washington
D.C., March 7, 2007 - The declassified
documents introduced as evidence during the trial of Vice President
Cheney's former chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby,
provide an almost unprecedented window into Mr. Cheney's own
role as the most powerful vice president in history, according
to National Security Archive director Tom Blanton this morning
on NPR's Morning Edition.
To listen, click on http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7750388
This posting also includes the actual documents discussed today.
Talking with NPR's anchor Steve Inskeep, Blanton annotated
a series of trial exhibits including several in Mr. Cheney's
own handwriting, ranging from his scribbles on a New York
Times op-ed piece critical of the administration, to his
tasking of the White House press operation to defend Libby against
charges of leaking classified information.
On the latter document, the Vice President wrote "Not
going to protect one staffer + sacrifice the guy the Pres
that was asked to put his neck in the meat grinder because of
the incompetence of others." Blanton noted that the staffer
to be protected was Karl Rove, who remains President Bush's
senior political advisor, and "the guy" was Scooter
Libby - now convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice.
The document shows that Mr. Cheney's first instinct had been
to say that the President had asked Libby to put his neck out,
but then Cheney crossed that out and reverted to the passive
voice - in fact, it was Cheney who tasked Libby with going to
the press to defend the administration on this point.
Documents
Introduced as Evidence
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Government
Exhibits (Jump
to Defense Exhibits)
GX
1 -- Libby grand jury transcript, March 5, 2004
GX
1A -- Libby grand jury exhibits, March 5, 2004
GX
1A(2) -- Newly redacted version of GX 1A
GX
2 -- Libby grand jury transcript, March 24, 2004
GX
5A -- Libby classified information nondisclosure
agreement, January 23, 2001
GX
6 -- Grossman's calendar
GX
10 -- Ambassador Wilson's Claims
GX
11 -- Libby waiver
GX
20 -- 28 CFR 50.10 (2004) Policy regarding issuance
of subpoenas to members of the news media
GX
50 -- Fleischer calendar, July 7, 2003
GX
51 -- Fleischer immunity order
GX
52 -- Addington October 3, 2003 fax, September
30, 2003 e-mail
GX
53 -- Addington fax and memorandum, October 3,
2003
GX
54 -- Grand jury subpoena, January 22, 2004
GX
55 -- Office of Special Counsel letter to Addington,
January 23, 2004
GX
56 -- Grand jury subpoena, January 30, 2004
GX
57 -- Office of Vice President employee certifications
GX
60 -- Justice Department letter to Addington, December
16, 2003
GX
61 -- Grand jury subpoena, January 22, 2004
GX
62 -- Grand jury subpoena, January 22, 2004
GX
65 -- Office of the Vice President memo regarding
Department of Justice Document Requests, December 16, 2003
GX
104 -- Libby handwritten notes, June 12, 2003.
GX
104T -- Libby Notes, Typed, June 12, 2003
GX
205 -- Libby calendar, June 23, 2003
GX
207 -- Libby calendar, July 8, 2003
GX
216 -- Libby calendar, October 6, 2003
GX
217 -- Libby calendar, October 7, 2003
GX
218 -- Libby calendar, October 9, 2003
GX
219 -- Libby calendar, October 10, 2003
GX
221 -- Libby calendar, October 13, 2003
GX
222 -- Libby calendar, October 14, 2003
GX
303 -- Fax to Hannah and Libby, June 9, 2003
GX
401 -- Nicholas Kristof column, May 6, 2003
GX
402 -- Cheney handwritten notes on Wilson op-ed,
July 6, 2003
GX
403 -- Libby underlined copy of Wilson op-ed, July
6, 2003
GX
412 -- Underlined and annotated copy of Maureen
Dowd column, "National House of Waffles," July 13,
2003
GX
413 -- Collection of news articles, June / July
2003
GX
414 -- Robert Novak column, July 14, 2003
GX
418 -- Transcript of segment of White House press
gaggle, October 1, 2003
GX
420T -- Transcript of segments of White House press
briefing, October 7, 2003
GX
421T -- Transcript of segments of White House press
briefing, October 10, 2003
GX
422 -- Washington Post article on FBI tracing link
between Wilson and Plame, October 12, 2003
GX
423 -- Washington Post article on leak of Plame's
name exposing CIA front firm, October 4, 2003
GX
506 -- Addington letter to Justice Department,
October 21, 2003
GX
507 -- Addington letter to Justice Department,
December 24, 2003
GX
508 -- Addington letter to FBI, March 5, 2004
GX
511 -- Addington letter to FBI, March 18, 2004
GX
521A -- Martin notes re conversation with Harlow
GX
522 -- Martin Talking Points handwritten notes
GX
523 -- Martin Talking Points re Joe Wilson
GX
524 -- Martin Talking Points re Joe Wilson
GX
527 -- Cooper e-mail to Martin, July 11, 2003
GX
528A -- Libby handwritten notes, July 12, 2003
GX
528B -- Typed version of Libby handwritten notes,
July 12, 2003
GX
532 -- Libby / Cheney notes -- "asked to stick
his neck in the meat grinder"
GX
540 -- Martin e-mail to Fleischer, July 7, 2003
GX
541 -- Martin notes re Tenet statement
GX
542 -- Draft Tenet statement
GX
701 -- Grenier call slip, June 11, 2003
GX
702 -- Schmall notes, June 14, 2003
GX
703 -- Schmall notes, July 14, 2003
GX
1021 -- Woodward questions regarding Cheney
Defense Exhibits
DX
18 -- Situation Room memo to Steven Hadley and
Scooter Libby, January 24, 2003
DX
64 -- CIA Paper on Iraq-Niger Discussions regarding
Uranium
DX
66 -- CIA memo to Cheney regarding Iraq-Niger Uranium
Sales, February 14, 2002.
DX
71 -- State Department memo from Carl Ford to Marc
Grossman
DX
178A -- Libby handwritten notes regarding declassification
DX
178AT -- Libby typed notes regarding declassification
DX
413 -- Office of the Vice President memo for to
Libby regarding Indonesia, June 11, 2003
DX
414 -- Office of the Vice President memo to Libby
regarding Deputies Committee on Iraq, June 11, 2003
DX
415 -- Office of the Vice President memo to Libby
regarding Pakistani President Musharraf's visit, June 11, 2003
DX
420 -- OIG / INS CIA memo about Iraq Mission Manager
Robert Grenier, July 31, 2003
DX
421 -- CIA memo to Craig Schmall regarding FBI
Session, January 9, 2004
DX
430 -- Office of the Vice President memo to Libby
regarding Afghanistan meeting, June 11, 2003
DX
433 -- Memo from Craig Schmall to Eric Edelman
concerning Iraq-Niger Intelligence, May 14, 2003
DX
439 -- CIA memo, "Nigerian Denial of Uranium
Yellowcake Sales," March 9, 2002
DX
511 -- Transcript of Bob Woodward's Taped Interview
Excerpt with Richard Armitage
DX
511T1 -- Excerpt of Bob Woodward's Interview with
Armitage, June 13, 2003
DX
600 -- CIA Press Release on President's Statement
on Iraq Uranium Procurement, July 11, 2003
DX
616 -- Press Gaggle by Ari Fleischer Transcript,
July 7, 2003
DX
703B -- Time Magazine, Matt Cooper, Massimo Calabresi
and John F. Dickerson article, "A War on Wilson?"
July 17, 2003.
DX
705 -- Washington Post article: "CIA Did Not
Share Doubt on Iraq Data," Walter Pincus, June 12, 2003
DX
707B -- Joseph Wilson Op-ed, "What I Didn't
Find in Africa," New York Times, July 6, 2003
DX
715 -- Kristof Column "White House in Denial,"
June 13, 2003
DX
802 -- Cheney/Libby Notes about Libby and Rove,
January 13, 2002
DX
803 -- Office of the Vice President Notes on Media
Talking Points regarding Niger Uranium
DX
812 -- Woodward's Question Card regarding Wilson's
Wife
DX
816 -- Cooper's Notes on Conversation with Libby,
August 23, 2004
DX
817 -- Cooper's Notes regarding Interview with
Rove
DX
820 -- Cooper's Notes regarding Conversation with
Libby Sent to Time Magazine, July 12, 2003
DX
845 -- Cooper-Ignatius E-mails, July 11, 2003
DX
846 -- Cooper E-mail to Duffy, Carney, July 11,
2003
DX
847 -- Cooper E-mail to Dickerson, July 11, 2003
DX
848 -- Cooper-Duffy E-mails, July 11, 2003
DX
850 -- Cooper E-mail to Wulf, July 16, 2005
DX
1031 -- Libby schedule for June 10, 2003
DX
1032 -- Libby schedule for June 11, 2003
DX
1059 -- Libby schedule, July 11, 2003
DX
1533 -- Call Log of Walter Pincus, June 23, 2004
DX
1541 -- E-mail from Catherine Martin to Jennifer
Mayfield About Pincus, June 11, 2003
DX
1553 -- Martin E-mail to Anton, Comments on Wilson
Q&A, July 11, 2003
DX
1567B -- Mark Sommer, Buffalo News column selections
regarding Russert
DX
1568B -- News Article on Sommer's column
DX
1569B -- Russert's Letter to Buffalo News regarding
Sommer's Column
DX
1572 -- Russert declaration on Special Counsel
investigation
DX
1585 -- NBC statement regarding Russert subpoena,
May 21, 2004
DX
1588 -- NBC statement regarding Russert's interview
with Fitzgerald, Aug. 9, 2004
DX
1603 -- E-mail to Mayfield forwarding AP Article,
"Re: Bush Use of Iraq Intelligence"
DX
1609 -- Vice President's talking points memo in
response to Hardball, July, 14 2004
DX
1639 -- Catherine Martin and Matthew Cooper E-mails,
July 11, 2003
DX
1640 -- E-mail from Cooper to Martin, June 11,
2003.
DX
1644 -- Fleischer and Rice Press Gaggle, July 11,
2003
DX
1645 -- Michael Duffy and James Carney, Time Magazine
article, "A Question of Trust," July 13, 2003
DX
1647 -- Memo to Fleischer from Libby, July 11,
2003
DX
1675 -- Bush News Conference with President Museveni,
Uganda, July 11, 2003
DX
1696 -- Fitzgerald letter to Russert's attorney
regarding grand jury testimony, June 2, 2004
DX
1697 -- Special Counsel letter to Russert's attorney
regarding deposition terms
DX
1795 -- E-mailed Article from National Review Online,
September 29, 2003
DX
1796 -- National Review Editorial, "Leak Proof,"
October 27, 2003
DX
1797 -- Wall Street Journal Editorial, Political
Intelligence, October 1, 2003
DX
1801 -- ABC This Week, interview of Condoleeza
Rice by George Stephanopoulos
DX
1809 -- U.S. v. Libby stipulation regarding Former
FBI Inspector in Charge John C. Eckenrode
DX
1810 -- U.S. v. Libby stipulation regarding FBI
Section Chief Timothy J. Fuhrman
DX
3006 -- Russert, Today Show Transcript
Some
government exhibits presented on February 1, 2007 were in video
format which may be viewed as Flash files on the above
Web site.