Who is Scooter Libby?
Irv Lewis “Scooter” Libby – White House adviser, mystery novelist, and neoconservative guiding light – has been one of the most important men pulling the levers behind the Bush administration. Libby, who has held more titles in the Bush White House than can fit on a business card, served most prominently (until his resignation today) as vice presidential chief of staff. From the very beginning of the administration, Libby has essentially been Dick Cheney’s Dick Cheney – an odd combination of H.R. Haldeman and Harry Hopkins, seemingly managing every detail of the vice president’s professional life. Libby was indicted today on five counts of criminal charges by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, who led the investigation into the leaked identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. Libby now stands accused of being one of the white-collar criminals that he once represented as a high-powered defense attorney in the 1980s. What few have realized at this historic moment is that for the past
