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Former Cheney aide sentenced to 30 months in prison
Jun 5, 2007, 16:03 GMT
Washington - The former top aide to US Vice President Dick Cheney was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison after earlier being found guilty of perjury, obstruction and lying to investigators about the leak of a CIA operative's identity during the Bush administration's battle to justify the Iraq war.
I Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, Cheney's former chief of staff, will spend 30 months in prison and will also pay a 250,000 fine, CNN reported. He will then serve two years probation.
At issue was whether Libby, 56, lied to the grand jury and to FBI investigators probing whether US administration officials intentionally leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame to retaliate for her husband's criticism of the Iraq war.
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