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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

2476 events in this timeline

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  1. 2006-03-02 March 2-7, 2006: CIA Refuses Libby Team Requests for Classified Documents
  2. 2006-03-06 March 6, 2006: Khalilzad Says Iraq Invasion Opened ‘Pandora’s Box’ of Sectarian Violence
  3. 2006-03-10 March 10, 2006: Judge Compels CIA to Give Libby Lawyers Classified Briefings
  4. 2006-03-12 March 12, 2006: Chicago Tribune Uses Internet to Discover Identities of Covert CIA Officials
  5. 2006-03-14 March 14, 2006: Former Post Editor: State Department Official Leaked Plame Wilson’s Identity to Reporter
  6. 2006-03-14 March 14, 2006: Libby Team Subpoenas Reporters, News Organizations
  7. 2006-03-15 March 15, 2006: Libby Team Opposes Prosecution’s Attempt to Share Classified Information with Judge
  8. 2006-03-17 March 17, 2006: Libby’s Lawyers Claim Client Did Not Intentionally Deceive FBI, Grand Jury in Plame Wilson Statements, Blame CIA/White House ‘Infighting’
  9. 2006-03-17 March 17, 2006: Libby Team Renews Request for Classified Documents
  10. 2006-03-17 March 17, 2006: Libby Defense Team Lists Intended Witnesses
  11. 2006-03-29 March 29, 2006: Cheney Finally Concedes that Alleged Atta-Iraqi Agent Meeting ‘Has Been Pretty Well Knocked Down Now’
  12. 2006-03-31 March 31, 2006: Libby’s Lawyers Say Fitzgerald Violated Justice Department Policies, Charges Should Be Dismissed
  13. 2006-04-01 (April 1, 2006): Democratic Congresswoman ‘Stunned’ at News of Bush Leak of Intelligence Estimate
  14. 2006-04-05 April 5, 2006: Court Filings Show Cheney, Bush Led Smear Campaign against Wilson
  15. 2006-04-05 April 5, 2006: Fitzgerald Moves to Deny Document Request from Libby Defense
  16. 2006-04-05 April 5, 2006: Fitzgerald: Libby Testified that Bush, Cheney Selectively Declassified Intelligence to Manipulate Perceptions of Iraq War
  17. 2006-04-06 April 6, 2006: Senior Democrat on House Oversight Committee Asks for White House Accountability on Allegations of Abusing National Security Classification Process
  18. 2006-04-07 April 7, 2006: Democrats Ask Bush to Reveal Extent of Involvement in Plame Wilson Leak
  19. 2006-04-07 April 7, 2006: Democrat Asks Sunday Talk Show Hosts to Press for Truth behind Plame Wilson Leak
  20. 2006-04-07 April 7, 2006: Editorial Accuses Fitzgerald of Considering Himself Accountable to No One
  21. 2006-04-09 April 9, 2006: Former Federal Prosecutor: Bush Involved in ‘Criminal Conspiracy to Defraud the United States’
  22. 2006-04-09 April 9, 2006: Republican Attorney Says Bush Will Pardon Libby
  23. 2006-04-09 April 9, 2006: Fitzgerald: ‘Multiple’ White House Officials Involved in Leak
  24. 2006-04-09 April 9, 2006: Editorials Defend Bush Decision to Leak Classified Information; Post Editorial Contradicts Own Reporting
  25. 2006-04-09 April 9, 2006: Pundit Accuses Fitzgerald of Attempting to ‘Discredit the Bush Administration’
  26. 2006-04-10 April 10, 2006: Bush ‘Sidesteps’ Question of White House Retaliation against Wilson
  27. 2006-04-10 April 10, 2006: Powell: Cheney, Not Bush, Responsible for Pressing Argument that Iraq an Imminent Nuclear Threat
  28. 2006-04-10 April 10, 2006: US Propaganda Campaign to Exaggerate Role of Al-Zarqawi to US and Iraq Audiences Is Exposed
  29. 2006-04-11 April 11, 2006: Selective Declassification, Wilson Smear Part of Same White House Effort to Manage Perception of War, Former Government Official Says
  30. 2006-04-11 April 11, 2006: Chicago Tribune Calls on Cheney to Answer Questions about Intelligence Leak
  31. 2006-04-12 April 12, 2006: Libby Team Indicates It May Call Wilson, Rove, Others to Testify
  32. 2006-04-12 April 12, 2006: Post, Other Publications Use Information Leaked by Libby Lawyers to Report on Fitzgerald Correction
  33. 2006-04-13 April 13, 2006: Libby’s Lawyers Say Libby Never Revealed Plame Wilson’s Name
  34. 2006-04-13 April 13, 2006: Judge Threatens Gag Order for Libby Trial
  35. 2006-04-17 April 17, 2006: Reporter Solicits Donations for Libby Defense Fund
  36. 2006-04-17 April 17, 2006: New York Sun: State Department Memo ‘Proves’ Plame Wilson Not Covert or Classified CIA Official
  37. 2006-04-18 April 18, 2006: News Organizations File Quash Motions
  38. 2006-04-19 April 19, 2006: Post Acknowledges Turning Over Notes from Woodward-Libby Conversation
  39. 2006-04-20 April 20, 2006: Press Secretary Announces Impending Resignation
  40. 2006-04-20 April 20, 2006: Rove Removed as Chief of White House Domestic Policy, Possibly Due to Plame Wilson Involvement
  41. 2006-04-21 April 21, 2006: Libby Team Admits Leaking Trial Information to Reporters
  42. 2006-04-23 April 23, 2006: ’60 Minutes’ Airs Investigation into Iraq-Niger Uranium Claims Originally Scheduled for 2004
  43. 2006-04-23 April 23, 2006: Retired CIA Official: Bush Administration Manipulated Intelligence; The Decision to Invade ‘Was Set’
  44. 2006-04-26 April 26, 2006: Judge Refuses to Dismiss Libby Charges
  45. 2006-04-26 April 26, 2006: Rove Testifies for Fifth Time to Plame Wilson Grand Jury
  46. 2006-04-28 April 28, 2006: Judge Says Reporter Had No First Amendment Protection Because Crime Was Committed in Plame Wilson Leak
  47. 2006-05-01 May 1, 2006: Libby Moves to Enforce Reporter, News Organization Subpoenas
  48. 2006-05-03 May 3, 2006: Judge Finds in Favor of Prosecution regarding Classified Documents and ‘Ex Parte’ Judicial Review
  49. 2006-05-04 May 4, 2006: Former US Intelligence Official Says Bush Administration’s Prewar Allegations Were Part of an ‘Organized Campaign of Manipulation’
  50. 2006-05-05 May 5, 2006: Prosecution, Defense Spar over Rove’s Possible Testimony