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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

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  1. 2006-09-08 September 8-10, 2006: Bipartisan Senate Report Confirms Atta Meeting in Prague Never Took Place
  2. 2006-09-08 September 8, 2006: Senate Investigation Finds No Evidence Iraqi Government Used Salman Pak to Train Terrorists
  3. 2006-09-10 September 10, 2006: Cheney Still Asserts Al-Qaeda-Hussein Connection and Refuses to Deny Atta-Iraqi Agent Meeting Took Place
  4. 2006-09-10 September 10, 2006: Media Apparently Unable to Discern Differences in Motivation between Leakers, Columnist Writes
  5. 2006-09-12 September 12, 2006: Judge Sets Date for Libby Trial
  6. 2006-09-13 September 13, 2006: Former State Department Official Added to Wilson Lawsuit
  7. 2006-09-13 September 13, 2006: Novak: Armitage Mischaracterized Leak Conversation
  8. 2006-09-14 September 14, 2006: Think Tank Scholar Still Maintains Iraqi Government Was behind 9/11 Attacks
  9. 2006-09-15 September 15, 2006: Libby Defense Argues for Admission of Memory Expert Testimony
  10. 2006-09-15 September 15, 2006: Former DOJ Official Blames Armitage for Plame Wilson Investigation
  11. 2006-09-20 September 20, 2006: NBC Producer Writes Analysis Promoting Use of Armitage Admission in Libby Defense
  12. 2006-09-21 September 21, 2006: Walton: Rules of Evidence Will Govern Disclosure of Classified Evidence
  13. 2006-09-22 September 22, 2006: Libby Team Wants Expansive Access to Classified Documents
  14. 2006-09-22 September 22, 2006: Libby to Testify on Own Behalf during Trial, Lawyers Assert
  15. 2006-09-27 September 27, 2006: Libby Trial Judge Holds Hearing on ‘Graymail’ Issue
  16. 2006-10-16 October 16, 2006: Columnist Who Exposed Plame Wilson Attacks Book that Exposed State Department Leaker, Reveals White House Source for Post Articles
  17. 2006-10-18 October 18, 2006: Fitzgerald Files Status Report concerning Provision of Classified Documents
  18. 2006-10-26 October 26, 2006: Prosecutor Challenges Memory Expert’s Testimony in Pre-Trial Hearing
  19. 2006-10-30 October 30, 2006: Libby Asks for Sweeping Restrictions on Government’s Evidence
  20. 2006-11-02 November 2, 2006: Libby Judge Disallows ‘Memory Expert’ Testimony
  21. 2006-11-06 November 6-8, 2006: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Resigns after Midterm Elections; Replaced by Robert Gates
  22. 2006-11-13 November 13, 2006: Judge Rules Substitutions, Summaries of Classified Documents for Libby Defense Inadequate
  23. 2006-11-14 November 14, 2006: Cheney, Libby Ask for Plame Wilson Lawsuit to Be Dismissed; Cheney Cites Executive ‘Immunity’
  24. 2006-11-14 November 14, 2006: Libby Lawyers: No White House Plot to Expose Plame Wilson
  25. 2006-11-15 November 15, 2006: Judge Issues Sealed Ruling on Classified Documents for Trial
  26. 2006-11-17 November 17, 2006: Fitzgerald: Libby May Have Disclosed Classified Information to Reporters
  27. 2006-11-22 November 22, 2006: Fitzgerald to Appeal Classified Document Ruling; May Delay Trial
  28. 2006-12-01 December 1, 2006: Judge Releases Classified Document Ruling; Libby to Ask for 129 Classified Documents for Trial
  29. 2006-12-11 December 11, 2006: Judge Limits Libby’s Introduction of Classified Material into Evidence
  30. 2006-12-14 December 14, 2006: Two Reporters May Resist Libby Subpoenas, Defense Lawyers State
  31. 2006-12-15 December 15, 2006: Fitzgerald: All Government Witnesses Will Testify without Objection
  32. 2006-12-19 December 19, 2006: Libby Defense Team Informs Court that Cheney Will Testify
  33. 2006-12-20 December 20, 2006: Wilson Challenges Libby Subpoena
  34. 2007-01-02 January 2, 2007: Up to 10 Journalists to Testify in Libby Trial
  35. 2007-01-10 January 10, 2007: Judge Issues Decorum Order for Libby Trial
  36. 2007-01-13 January 13, 2007: AP: Judge Walton a Republican Popular with DC Democrats
  37. 2007-01-16 January 16-23, 2007: Libby Jury Seated; Trial Begins
  38. 2007-01-16 January 16, 2007 and After: Plame Wilson Disturbed at Credulous Journalists, Careless Government Officials during Trial
  39. 2007-01-16 January 16, 2007: Law Professor: Libby Trial Participants Exemplify the Seven Deadly Sins
  40. 2007-01-17 January 17, 2007: Investigative Reporter: Armitage, Rove Colluded to Expose Plame Wilson
  41. 2007-01-17 January 17, 2007: New York Times Paints Libby as Non-Partisan Defender of Nation’s Security
  42. 2007-01-23 January 23, 2007: Prosecution Complains that Defense Is Misleading Jury
  43. 2007-01-23 January 23, 2007: Fitzgerald Makes Opening Statement to Jury, Says Evidence Shows Libby Lied about Involvement in CIA Leak
  44. 2007-01-23 January 23, 2007: Libby’s Lawyer Makes Opening Statement to Jury: Libby Being Sacrificed to Protect Rove
  45. 2007-01-23 January 23-24, 2007: State Department Official Testifies that He Told Libby of Plame Wilson’s CIA Status
  46. 2007-01-24 January 24, 2007: Watergate Reporter: Plame Wilson Outing ‘a Truly Nixonian Event’
  47. 2007-01-24 January 24, 2007: Former CIA Official Contradicts Libby’s Position on Plame Wilson Knowledge
  48. 2007-01-24 January 24, 2007: Judge: ‘Suicide’ for Defense Not to Allow Libby to Testify
  49. 2007-01-24 January 24-25, 2007: CIA Officer Testifies that He Discussed Ambassador’s Niger Trip with Libby
  50. 2007-01-25 January 25, 2007: Prosecution: Libby Lied for Fear of Losing Job