Libby does not dispute that he initially heard about Mrs. Wilson from Cheney, but he claims that he had no recollection of that fact when he told the FBI in October 2003 and the grand jury in March 2004 that he remembered first learning about Mrs. Wilson in a conversation with NBC ’ s Tim Russert on July 10, 2003.

Russert testified, however, that he does not believe that he said what Eckenrode reports ; while he acknowledged on cross examination that he was not asked about any conversations he may have had with David Gregory or Andrea Mitchell regarding Plame during his deposition with Fitzgerald, he also told the jury that " they never came forward " to share with him anything they were learning about Joe Wilson or Valerie Plame from administration officials, and he testified that after Novak's column was published, the NBC Washington bureau ( which he heads ) debated whether pursuing Plame's role in the story would compromise her job at the CIA and ultimately decided to pursue the story.

In the Plame affair, Scooter Libby, convicted chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, told special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald that Russert told him of the identity of Central Intelligence Agency officer Valerie Plame ( Mrs. Joseph C. Wilson ).

Russert testified previously, and again in United States v. I. Lewis Libby, that he would neither testify whether he spoke with Libby nor would he describe the conversation.

At the trial, the prosecution asserted that a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent had called Russert regarding Russert's phone call with Libby, and that Russert had told the agent that the subject of Plame had not come up during his conversation with Libby.

" In a posthumous commentary, the L. A. Times wrote that, " Like former New York Times reporter Judith Miller, Russert was one of the high-level Washington journalists who came out of the Libby trial looking worse than shabby.

" it emerged under examination Russert already had sung like a choirboy to the FBI concerning his conversation with Libby — and had so voluntarily from the first moment the Feds contacted him.

Libby told the grand jury " it seemed to me as if I was learning it for the first time " when, according to his account, Russert told him about Plame on July 10 or 11, 2003.

Testifying as a prosecution witness, Russert said that although he and Libby did indeed speak on July 10, 2003, they never discussed Plame during their conversation.

Libby had claimed he had forgotten by the time of the conversation with Russert that he had earlier learned Ms. Plame's job from Cheney around June 12, 2003.

Libby also testified to the federal grand jury that when Russert purportedly told him about Plame, he had absolutely no memory of having heard the information earlier from anyone else, including Cheney, and was thus " taken aback " when Russert told him.

Libby told the FBI that Russert told him on July 10 or 11, 2003, that she worked at the CIA and " all the reporters knew that.

" Libby was also alleged by prosecutors to have lied to the FBI and a federal grand jury in claiming that when he mentioned Plame's name to two reporters — Matthew Cooper, then of Time magazine, and Judith Miller, then of The New York Times — he was careful to point out to them he was simply repeating rumors that he had heard from Russert.

Libby told investigators he believed at the time that the information about Plame had come from Russert.

" She testified that Libby did say he had discussed Wilson's wife with Cheney sometime after allegedly discussing her with Russert.

According to Patrick Fitzgerald and the Grand Jury Investigation indictment, in his sworn testimony, Libby claimed to have heard of Plame's CIA status from Tim Russert.

Both Russert and Libby testified that Libby called Russert on July 10, 2003 to complain about the MSNBC program Hardball and comments that were made on that show about Libby and Cheney with regard to Wilson's Niger trip and subsequent op-ed.

" In his opening argument, Fitzgerald, referring to Libby's conversation with Russert on July 10, said: " You can't be startled about something on Thursday 10 that you told other people about on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8.

Libby contends, however, that at the end of that conversation, Russert asked him: " Did you know that Ambassador Wilson's wife works at the CIA?

Although he could not completely rule out the possibility that he had such an exchange, Russert was at a loss to remember it, and moreover, he believes that this would be the type of conversation that he would or should remember.

" The primary thing that convinced us on most of the counts was the conversation, alleged conversation with Russert ," the juror told the press.

Jack Shafer, co-editor of Slate, has criticized the Newseum's exhibit about the career of the late NBC reporter Tim Russert.

CBS Evening News correspondent Anthony Mason praised Russert's interview techniques: " In 2003, as the United States prepared to go to war in Iraq, Russert pressed Vice President Dick Cheney about White House assumptions.

In an interview with Tim Russert on " Meet the Press ," Kerry corrected his 1979 statement about being " five miles across the border " on Christmas Eve, but reiterated that he was on a patrol at the border at that date and had been sent on a covert mission at a later date.

In the course of that document production I came across the note that is dated on or about June 12, and the note ... shows that I hadn't first learned it from Russert, although that was my memory, I had first learned it when he said it to me.

At Libby's trial, Russert was questioned by prosecutors for only 12 minutes, but underwent more than five hours of pointed cross-examination over two days from defense attorney Theodore Wells Jr. Russert told prosecutors that he could not have told Libby about Plame because he had not heard of her until she was publicly revealed by Novak on July 14, 2003, four days after Russert spoke with Libby by phone.

Wells also questioned Russert about his reaction to the announcement of Libby's grand jury indictment.

On September 25, 2005, Aaron Broussard reappeared on Meet the Press, and host Tim Russert challenged Broussard's account of the tragedy on the basis that his anecdote about the woman in the nursing home contained factual discrepancies noted in the MSNBC story .< ref >

* Tim Russert, former anchor of NBC's Meet the Press.

NBC Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert and Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper challenged the subpoenas issued in connection with the leak of the identity of former CIA operative Valerie Plame, citing their First Amendment rights as reason not to reveal their confidential sources.

On July 23, 2008, U. S. Route 20 leading to the Bills ' Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York was renamed the " Timothy J. Russert Highway ".< ref >

* Sunday: Chuck Swindoll, Charles Morris, Dr. Bob Record, The Word Today, Back to God Hour, The Word Today, Dr. Michael Youssef, Norman Wilson, church services, Focus on the Family, Tim Russert, and others.

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Tim Russert, in an interview on Meet the Press shortly after O ' Reilly's comments, addressed these concerns to Bono.

On June 13, 2008, Brokaw broke into NBC programming to announce the death of NBC News Washington Bureau Chief and Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert.

The Journal still heavily employs the use of caricatures, notably those of Ken Fallin, such as when Peggy Noonan memorialized recently-deceased newsman Tim Russert.

George Stephanopoulos later claimed in a 2000 interview with journalist Tim Russert that " Oh, it was absolutely his voice, but they were selectively edited in a way to-to create some-some impression.

Tim Russert, a Newseum trustee, said, " The Newseum made a pretty good impression in Arlington, but at your new location on Pennsylvania Avenue, you will make an indelible mark.

Bobblehead figures of Bill Clinton, Tim Russert, and John F. Kennedy can be seen on the set.

Obey holds a critical view of the mainstream American news media, as evidenced by his words on June 13, 2008, upon the sudden death of NBC News Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert.

Obey said of Russert: " Tim Russert's death is not just a body blow for NBC News ; it is a body blow for the nation and for anyone who cherishes newsmen and women who have remained devoted to reporting hard news in an era increasingly consumed by trivia.

Past winners include Walter Cronkite ( 1989 ), Carl T. Rowan ( 1990 ), Helen Thomas ( 1991 ), Tom Brokaw ( 1992 ), Larry King ( 1993 ), Charles Kuralt of CBS ( 1994 ), Albert R. Hunt and Judy Woodruff ( 1995 ), Robert MacNeil ( 1996 ), Cokie Roberts ( 1997 ), Tim Russert and Louis D. Boccardi ( 1998 ), John Seigenthaler ( 1999 ), Jim Lehrer ( 2001 ), Tom Curley ( 2002 ), Don Hewitt of CBS ( 2004 ), Garrison Keillor ( 2005 ), Bob Schieffer of CBS ( 2006 ), John Quinn and Ken Paulson ( 2007 ), Charles Overby ( 2008 ), Katie Couric ( 2009 ), and Brian Lamb of C-SPAN ( 2011 ).

Timothy John " Tim " Russert ( May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008 ) was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press.

Russert covered several presidential elections, and he presented the NBC News / Wall Street Journal survey on the NBC Nightly News during the 2008 U. S. presidential election.

Time magazine included Russert in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008.

Russert was posthumously revealed as a 30-year source for syndicated columnist Robert Novak.

Russert was born in Buffalo, New York to Irish American Catholic parents Elizabeth ( Betty ), a homemaker, and Timothy Joseph " Big Russ " Russert ( November 29, 1923 – September 24, 2009 ), a sanitation worker.

Russert commented on Meet the Press that he went to Woodstock, " in a Buffalo Bills jersey with a case of beer.

" While in law school, an official from his alma mater, John Carroll University, called Russert to ask if he could book some concerts for the school as he had done while a student.