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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

2476 events in this timeline

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  1. 2005-11-17 November 17, 2005: Post Analysts Says Woodward Revelation May Benefit Libby
  2. 2005-11-18 November 18, 2005: Neoconservative Demands Dismissal of Charges against Libby
  3. 2005-11-20 November 20, 2005: LA Times Publishes Results of Lengthy Investigation of Curveball Case
  4. 2005-11-28 November 28, 2005: Media Critic: Woodward’s Career Traced from Outsider to ‘Access Journalist’ in Plame Wilson Investigation
  5. 2005-12-02 December 2, 2005: Media Learns that Rove Altered Testimony after Reporter Told Lawyer of Leak
  6. 2005-12-07 December 7, 2005: Fitzgerald Meets with Grand Jury; Rove Indictment Possible
  7. 2005-12-08 December 8, 2005: Time Reporter Testifies under Oath to Plame Wilson Prosecutor
  8. 2005-12-08 December 8, 2005: Newspaper Calls on Readers to Donate to Libby Defense Fund
  9. 2005-12-09 December 9, 2005: Reporter: Fitzgerald Suspicious about Rove E-Mail Claim
  10. 2005-12-11 December 11, 2005: Time Reporter Writes of Testifying to Fitzgerald regarding Plame Wilson Leak
  11. 2005-12-14 December 14, 2005: Libby Defense Lawyers Submit Classified Document Request
  12. 2005-12-14 December 14, 2005: Columnist Says Bush Knows Who Leaked Plame Wilson’s Identity to Press
  13. 2006-01-06 January 6, 2006: Libby Joins Conservative Think Tank
  14. 2006-01-09 January 9, 2006: Fitzgerald Responds to First Classified Document Request
  15. 2006-01-09 January 9, 2006: Plame Wilson Resigns from CIA
  16. 2006-01-17 January 17, 2006: Neoconservative Allegedly Involved in Iraq-Niger Forgery Dissemination Admits to Working for Italian Magazine
  17. 2006-01-18 January 18, 2006-February 14, 2006: Poll: 85 Percent of US Troops Believe US Invaded Iraq Because of Supposed Iraqi Links to 9/11 Attacks
  18. 2006-01-20 January 20, 2006: Libby’s Lawyers Intend to Subpoena Reporters, News Organizations, and Demand Classified Documents
  19. 2006-01-23 January 23, 2006: Cheney Authorized Classified Information Leaks, Prosecution Says
  20. 2006-01-23 January 23, 2006: Fitzgerald Tells Libby’s Lawyers that Some Classified Documents Unavailable, Not Pertinent to Case
  21. 2006-01-23 January 23, 2006: Libby’s Defense Team Requests Classified Government Material as Evidence
  22. 2006-01-26 January 26, 2006: Libby’s Defense Team Requests Documents Related to Journalists
  23. 2006-01-31 January 31, 2006: Libby’s Team Demands Disclosure of Highly Classified Presidential Briefings
  24. 2006-01-31 January 31, 2006: Libby’s Lawyers Intend to Claim Faulty Memory, National Security as Libby’s Defense Strategy
  25. 2006-02-02 February 2, 2006: Libby Will Claim Authorization by Cheney, Others for Intelligence Disclosures
  26. 2006-02-03 February 3, 2006: Libby Trial Date Set
  27. 2006-02-06 February 6, 2006: Libby Defense Team Receives White House E-Mails, According to Wall Street Journal
  28. 2006-02-06 February 6, 2006: Columnist: Libby Team ‘Graymailing’ Government?
  29. 2006-02-07 February 7, 2006: Former Time Reporter Writes of His Learning of Plame Wilson’s Identity
  30. 2006-02-10 February 10, 2006: Democrat Asks White House to Confirm Whether Cheney Authorized Leak of Classified Information
  31. 2006-02-13 February 13, 2006: Intelligence Officials Say Plame Wilson’s Exposure Caused ‘Severe’ Damage to US’s Ability to Monitor Iranian Nuclear Program
  32. 2006-02-15 February 15, 2006: Media Learns Gonzales Withholding White House E-Mails that May Prove Criminal Behavior by Cheney, Aides
  33. 2006-02-16 February 16, 2006: Fitzgerald Asks Judge to Deny Defense Request for White House Documents Pertaining to Conversations with Reporters
  34. 2006-02-16 (February 16, 2006): Fitzgerald Accuses Libby Defense of ‘Graymail’ Attempt
  35. 2006-02-17 February 17, 2006: Senator Complains that Book Contains Classified Information
  36. 2006-02-17 February 17, 2006: White House Turns Over ‘Missing’ E-Mails
  37. 2006-02-21 February 21, 2006: Libby Defense Fund Launches Web Site for Fundraising
  38. 2006-02-21 February 21, 2006: Libby Team Files Motion to Compel Release of All Requested Documents
  39. 2006-02-23 February 23, 2006: Libby’s Lawyers Ask for Dismissal of Charges; Argue that Special Counsel Unconstitutional
  40. 2006-02-24 February 24, 2006: Fitzgerald: Libby Trial Hinges on Perjury Charges, Not Plame Wilson’s Classified Status
  41. 2006-02-24 February 24, 2006: New York Sun Calls Fitzgerald ‘An Illegal, Extra-Constitutional Prosecutor’
  42. 2006-02-24 February 24, 2006: Judge Rules Libby Defense Team Can Have Notes from Libby’s Time at White House
  43. 2006-02-24 February 24, 2006: Judge Rules Libby Not Entitled to Know Identity of Administration Source
  44. 2006-02-25 February 25, 2006: Libby’s Lawyers Will Subpoena Journalists, News Organizations
  45. 2006-02-27 February 27, 2006: Reporter and Leak Recipient Analyzes Effect of Libby Defense Fund Web Site
  46. 2006-02-27 February 27, 2006: Judge May Allow Some, Not All, Classified Materials into Libby Trial
  47. 2006-02-27 February 27, 2006: Judge Allows Subpoenas of Reporters, News Organizations
  48. 2006-02-28 February 28, 2006: Conservative Libby Defender Fails to Disclose Family Ties to Libby Defense Fund
  49. 2006-02-28 Before February 28, 2006: Libby Team Retains Memory Expert as Consultant
  50. 2006-03-01 March 1, 2006: Fitzgerald Opposes Document Request from Defense