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 WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorneys for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby told jurors at the onset of the CIA leak trial last month that Libby was the victim of a conspiracy to protect White House political adviser Karl Rove. But like the anticipated testimony from Libby and Vice President Dick Cheney, details of any save-Rove conspiracy were promised but never materialized.
That leaves defense attorneys, who will spend the long weekend fine-tuning their closing arguments, to decide how to describe Rove for jurors when summing up their case on Tuesday.
Libby is charged with lying and obstructing the investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said Plame's name was leaked to the press as part of White House effort to discredit her husband, prominent war critic and former Ambassador Joseph Wilson.
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