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It's the morning of July 8, 2003.

Six days before the world will learn the truth about Ballerary Plane.

Six days before a newspaper column will expose her as a CIA agent and turn her life upside down.

On this morning, New York Times reporter Judith Miller is making her way through a restaurant.

She's a few blocks from the White House, and as she gays is across the tables, she sees her source.

It's Scooter Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff.

Libby sits with a steaming cup of coffee waiting for her to arrive.

Miller joins him at the table and pulls up chair.

Libby greets her, oring Judy, thanks for coming.

Of course Scooter, you can probably imagine things have been crazy in the newsroom.

But before we talk about what's on your mind, I wanted to talk to you about the Joe Wilson op-ed.

Miller reports on Iraq and nuclear weapons, and she's hungry to learn more about the op-ed everyone's talking about,

the article that hotly disputed the Bush administration's justification for going to war.

Libby takes a sip of coffee and launches into it.

Sure, let's talk about it, but first let's get one thing straight.

You can only quote me as a former Hill staffer.

I need your word on that or we stop right here.

It's strange. Miller knows that Libby hasn't worked on Capitol Hill since the 90s, but he's part of the administration now.

Still, she agrees to the conditions.

Understood Scooter? So?

Okay, well first of all, Wilson's article was completely inaccurate.

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