"They are also expanding their product portfolio downward which only increases the pressure, " Mr. Libby said.
"I can't believe we're finally going, especially on Valentine's Day, " Libby Said.
Libby later said that he had forgotten how he had first heard of Plame.
Libby's crime: He said he'd heard about the CIA agent from journalist Tim Russert, but Russert said Libby hadn't.
Libby later said that he had forgotten how he'd first heard of Plame.
Libby originally said he learned about Plame from NBC journalist Tim Russert on July 10, 2003, but Russert testified that although they talked on the phone that day, Plame's name did not come up.
The judge said Libby needed to be punished because people with his responsibilities shouldn't create problems!
Wells said Libby, who resigned in October 2005, took the fall for leaking Plame's identity to the media.
But the judge said Libby also had a high level of obligation because of the opportunities he was given.
Fitzgerald said Libby's actions were designed to frustrate the probe and prevent investigators from finding out how the leak occurred.
In closing arguments Tuesday, prosecutors said Libby lied to the FBI and a grand jury about how he heard that Plame was a CIA operative.
Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said Libby told the grand jury and FBI agents that he first learned that Plame worked at the CIA from Russert, host of NBC's "Meet the Press, " during a conversation on July 10, 2003.
However, Libby's attorneys said probation was in order because no one was ever charged with the leak.
Fitzgerald said that Libby was one of the officials involved in that effort.
Fitzgerald also said Russert contradicted Libby's version of events, saying that neither Plame nor her husband, Joe Wilson, were discussed.
However, Thompson also said he thought Libby's sentence was too harsh.
Libby seemed agitated, she said, that news outlets reported Vice President Cheney had sent Wilson on a fact-finding mission to Niger, to determine whether Iraqi officials had attempted to obtain nuclear materials there.
Lawrence Rush, whose wife Libby died in the bombing, said that having spoken to the ombudsman, it appeared the bombing could have been prevented.
Fitzgerald said Friday that before Libby spoke to Russert, he had at least seven conversations about Wilson and Plame with other government officials, including Cheney and former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer.
But, he said a pardon for Libby would be "worth looking at" because the special prosecutor in the case, Patrick Fitzgerald, "clearly abused prosecutorial discretion" by going after Libby when Fitzgerald knew he was not the original source of the leak.
Judge Reggie Walton today ordered Time Magazine reporter Matt Cooper to turn over documents that the judge said could be relevant to Libby's defense.
Two other candidates who are currently long shots, former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, said they would not pardon Libby.
At a press conference after the verdict, juror Denis Collins a former Washington Post reporter said the jury found that Libby's account of his conversation with Russert was not credible.
However, Fitzgerald said in order to charge Libby with a crime for leaking Plame's identity, the prosecution would have to prove Libby knew the information was classified at the time he shared it and that he acted with recklessness.
Prosecutors said Cheney, who was then Libby's boss, instructed Libby to look for information on Wilson.
Walton said he thought the evidence against Libby was overwhelming.
Walton said he will decide next week if Libby will remain free during the appeal.
Libby Dowling, care advisor at Diabetes UK, said decisions on self-monitoring must be made on an individual basis and patients must be educated on what to do with the results.
He said he will accept written arguments on whether Libby should remain free pending appeal and rule on that issue on June 14.
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