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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

2476 events in this timeline

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  1. 2005-06-13 June 13, 2005: Dick Cheney: White House ‘Exhausted All Alternatives’ before Invading Iraq
  2. 2005-06-18 June 18, 2005: British Expert on International Law Says US Pre-invasion Bombings of Iraq Illegal
  3. 2005-06-27 After June 27, 2005: Reporter Asks Wilson to Intervene with Judge
  4. 2005-06-27 June 27, 2005: Supreme Court Does Not Intervene in Plame Wilson Leak Case
  5. 2005-07-01 July 1, 2005: Progressive Pundit Reveals Rove as Source for Time Reporter
  6. 2005-07-01 July 1, 2005: Time Complies with Appeals Court Ruling; New York Times Refuses
  7. 2005-07-03 July 3, 2005: Rove Lawyer Admits His Client Spoke to Reporter, Will Not Divulge Contents of Conversation
  8. 2005-07-06 July 6, 2005: Time Reporter Agrees to Testify before Leak Investigation Grand Jury; Rove Identified as His Source
  9. 2005-07-06 July 6, 2005: New York Times Reporter Jailed for Refusing to Comply with Subpoena
  10. 2005-07-06 July 6, 2005: Wilson Blames White House’s ‘Culture of Unaccountability’ for Reporter Jailing
  11. 2005-07-07 July 7, 2005: Washington Post Reporter Calls Plame Scandal ‘Laughable,’ Does Not Reveal Own Involvement
  12. 2005-07-10 July 10, 2005: Rove Revealed as Source of Plame Wilson Identity Leak
  13. 2005-07-10 July 10, 2005: White House Press Secretary Shocked by Press Revelation that Rove Involved in Leak
  14. 2005-07-11 July 11, 2005: Republican Committee Chairman Ignores Request for Plame Wilson Investigation
  15. 2005-07-11 July 11, 2005: Press Secretary Grilled by White House Press Corps over Rove-Plame Revelations
  16. 2005-07-11 July 11, 2005: Woodward Says ‘Plamegate’ Investigation ‘Undermining… Core Function of Journalism’
  17. 2005-07-12 July 12, 2005: Novak Cooperated with Plame Wilson Investigation, Press Learns
  18. 2005-07-13 July 13, 2005: Bush Will Not Fire Rove over Plame Wilson Leak
  19. 2005-07-13 July 13, 2005: Time Reporter Testifies before Plame Wilson Grand Jury
  20. 2005-07-13 July 13, 2005: Senate Minority Leader Calls upon White House to Revoke Rove’s Security Clearance
  21. 2005-07-14 July 14, 2005: House Democrats Send Letter to Bush Asking Rove to Explain His Involvement in Plame Wilson Leak
  22. 2005-07-14 July 14, 2005: Republican Committee Chairman Ignores Further Request for Plame Wilson Investigation
  23. 2005-07-14 July 14, 2005: Source Confirms Rove Spoke with Columnist about Plame Wilson
  24. 2005-07-15 July 15, 2005: Unnamed Sources Reveal Former White House Press Secretary as Possible Leaker
  25. 2005-07-15 (July 15, 2005): Prosecutors Look into State Department Memo Divulging Plame Wilson’s Identity
  26. 2005-07-17 July 17, 2005: Woodward Denigrates ‘Plamegate’ Investigation, Fails to Reveal Own Knowledge
  27. 2005-07-18 July 18, 2005: Bush Changes Standard of Accountability for Rove, Now Says He Will Fire Any White House Official Who ‘Committed a Crime’
  28. 2005-07-20 July 20, 2005: State Department Memo Treated Plame Wilson’s Identity as ‘Incidental’
  29. 2005-07-21 July 21, 2005: Report: Bolton Allegedly Testified before Grand Jury
  30. 2005-07-22 July 22, 2005: Press Learns that Libby, Rove Claim to Have Learned Plame Wilson’s CIA Identity from Reporters
  31. 2005-07-29 July 29, 2005: House Republicans Quash Resolution Asking that White House Divulge Names of Leakers
  32. 2005-07-29 July 29, 2005: CIA Official Who Informed Libby of Plame Wilson’s Identity Testifies to Grand Jury
  33. 2005-07-29 July 29, 2005: Rove Aides Testify before Grand Jury
  34. 2005-07-31 July 31, 2005: Woodward Repeats Baseless Claim that Wilson Contradicted Himself in Report, Op-Ed
  35. 2005-08-04 August 4, 2005: Novak Leaves CNN Set Rather than Answer Questions about Plame Wilson Leak
  36. 2005-08-06 August 6, 2005: Libby Admits Disclosing Plame Wilson’s Identity to Reporter
  37. 2005-08-08 August 8, 2005: Former Clinton Adviser Tells of Rumors Surrounding Reporter’s Involvement in Plame Wilson Leak, Predicts More ‘Times’ Subpoenas
  38. 2005-08-12 August 12, 2005: Deputy Attorney General Delegates Oversight of Special Counsel to Assistant
  39. 2005-09-12 September 12, 2005: Fitzgerald Tells Libby He Can Release Reporter from Confidentiality
  40. 2005-09-15 September 15, 2005: Libby Releases Reporter from Confidentiality Pledge
  41. 2005-09-29 September 29, 2005: Lawyer for Reporter Claims Libby’s Lawyer Tried to Discourage Client from Testifying
  42. 2005-09-29 September 29, 2005: New York Times Reporter Agrees to Testify in Plame Wilson Grand Jury Hearings, Is Released from Jail
  43. 2005-09-29 September 29-30, 2005: Reporter, Author Speculate that Libby Attempted to ‘Coach’ Times Reporter’s Testimony Via Media Leaks, Letter
  44. 2005-09-30 September 30, 2005: Miller Testifies Before Plame Wilson Grand Jury
  45. 2005-10-02 October 2, 2005: ABC Host: Bush, Cheney Directly Involved in Disclosing Plame Wilson’s Identity to Reporters
  46. 2005-10-07 October 7, 2005: New York Times Reporter’s Notes Show that Meeting with Libby Took Place Much Earlier than Previously Revealed
  47. 2005-10-12 October 12, 2005: Times Reporter Testifies for Second Time; Contempt Order Lifted
  48. 2005-10-13 October 13, 2005: Washington Post Reporter Asks Fitzgerald to Terminate Investigation
  49. 2005-10-14 October 14, 2005: Rove Testifies for Fourth Time before Plame Wilson Grand Jury, Admits to Second Leak
  50. 2005-10-16 October 16, 2005: New York Times and Times Reporter Admit that Prewar Iraq Stories Were ‘Totally Wrong’