Jailed reporter testifies in Libby trial

by Leonard Brody | January 30, 2007 at 03:11 pm
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A former New York Times reporter testified Tuesday that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby told her the identity of a CIA operative weeks before Libby told investigators he had learned of the agent's identity.

Judith Miller said that Libby brought identified Valerie Plame Wilson on June 23, 2003. Miller said she and Libby also discussed Plame on July 8, 2003.

Miller served 85 days in jail in 2005 for refusing to testify before the grand jury investigating who blew Wilson's cover. It is a crime to knowingly reveal the identity of an undercover intelligence agent.

Libby told investigators he learned her identity from "Meet the Press" moderator Tim Russert on July 10, 2003.

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