What did Cooper tell the grand jury?
Last week, he testified that he first learned about Wilson’s wife, and her role in the CIA as a specialist on weapons of mass destruction, from Mr. Rove in July 2003. Last August, Cooper wrote, he told the grand jury that Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, had later discussed Wilson’s wife, also not by name, with him. Both sources had released Cooper from a confidentiality agreement, allowing him to avoid jail for refusing to testify. (New York Times reporter Judith Miller remains in jail for refusing to testify about her own source or sources on the case.) Ms. Plame’s name was first revealed in print in a column by Robert Novak published July 11, 2003. He sourced the information to two senior administration officials. Q. What law may have been violated? At issue is the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, which aims to protect the identities of “certain United States undercover intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources.” The law s
