Exhibit 412: Scooter Libby on Media-Mongering

Government Exhibit 412 is a printout of Maureen Dowd's New York Times column, National House of Waffles, published on July 13, 2003. Large sections have been blacked out by the prosecution. Tom Blanton of the National Security Archive at George Washington University says that's not for national security reasons, but to focus the jury's attention on the section at the bottom. The handwritten notes on the document are from Libby. He writes, "not us" and "not to us" in response to suggestions that the CIA had debunked the evidence suggesting Iraq was trying to obtain yellowcake uranium in Africa.

Download PDF: Exhibit 412: Libby's Notes on Maureen Dowd Column

Source: NPR/National Security Archive