5 Count Libby Indictment

CNN reports WASHINGTON (CNN) -- I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury investigating the public unmasking of an undercover CIA operative. Charges included making false statements, obstruction of justice, and perjury, court documents show. Indictments in the case were the first in a nearly two-year investigation into the public unmasking of an undercover CIA operative. Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has scheduled a 2 p.m. ET news conference. (Watch possible ramifications of an indictment -- 2:49) The list is as follows via AMERICAblog 1 count obstruction of justice 2 counts of perjury 2 counts of making false statements Lied to FBI agents on Oct 14, Nov 26, 2003. Committed perjury on March 5 and 24, 2004. Engaged in obstruction of justice by impeding investigation. Summary of indictment: Beginning in late May 2003, two months before actual column by Novak in July 2003, Libby began acquiring info about trip to Niger by Wilson. The CIA decided on its own initiative to send Wilson to Niger after an inquiry by the VP. Libby lied about conversations he had with Tim Russert, Matt Cooper and Judith Miller. Prior to July 14, 2003, Valerie Wilson's employment status was classified, her affiliatilon with CIA was not common knowledge. Revealing the agent's status has the potential to damage the national security, risk lives of that agent and other agents, damage national security. Scooter Libby endangered national security. "Without the truth our criminal justice system cannot serve the nation or our citizens." - Patrick Fitzgerald, today.