Reply #2: Libby: Plame's CIA employment as "a peripheral issue" [View All]

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....It said Wilson's findings did not change any CIA analysts' assessments that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Africa and disputed Wilson's claim that his wife did not recommend him for the Niger mission.

In his television interview Sunday, Wilson said CIA officials expressed skepticism of the Niger allegations in the weeks leading to Bush's State of the Union speech.

Libby said he regarded Plame's CIA employment as "a peripheral issue" for officials who responded to Wilson's critique, the prosecution filings also said.

Prosecutors wrote that some documents requested by Libby "could be characterized as reflecting a plan to discredit, punish or seek revenge against" Wilson.