[...] "So cautious is Mr. Libby, a lawyer trained at Columbia University, that he counseled other staff members not to take notes or speak to reporters, two former aides said Friday".
[...] "In the White House constellation of advisers, Mr. Libby, 55, was not just any aide. Known by the nickname Scooter, he had the exalted position of being a full member of President Bush's inner circle. In fact, he exercised more influence than senior vice-presidential aides in previous administrations, holding three pivotal jobs at once: assistant to the president, chief of staff to the vice president and Mr. Cheney's national security adviser.
"Scooter is Dick Cheney's Dick Cheney," said Cesar V. Conda, Mr. Cheney's former top economic policy aide."[...]
An Influential Bush Insider Who Is Used to Challenges, ERIC SCHMITT, The New York Times, 29 ottobre 2005.
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