Still No Verdict in CIA Leak Trial
The Associated Press
Thursday, February 22, 2007; 5:36 PM
WASHINGTON -- Jurors reached no verdict Thursday on whether former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby obstructed the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative married to a prominent Iraq war critic.
The jury went home until Friday.
  I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, arrives at U.S. Federal Court in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (Pablo Martinez Monsivais - AP) 
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In a day and a half of deliberations, the eight women and four men have issued only two brief written notes, which suggested they are methodically reviewing the evidence against the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney.
They requested a large flip chart, masking tape, Post-it notes and a document with pictures of the witnesses.
In addition to obstruction of the leak investigation, Libby is charged with lying to the FBI and a grand jury about how he learned and who he told about CIA operative Valerie Plame.
Prosecutors say he concocted a story to avoid losing his job for disclosing classified information to reporters without authorization. Libby said he gave investigators his best recollection of what happened and any errors in that resulted from memory flaws.
