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Judge Reggie Walton has been assigned one of the most important scandal cases in history. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff, has been indicted for exposing a CIA agent, and then lying to the FBI and the Grand Jury. This case could unravel that leads to whether the US and British governments fabricated the justification for war with Iraq.



The judge who has been assigned the case will make decisions that steer the case to the top of the power pyramid, or away from it. That judge is Reggie Walton."

According to CNN, "Judge Reggie Walton dismissed a lawsuit [on July 6, 2004] by a former FBI translator because the information needed to prove the case was classified and protected by what is known as the "state secrets privilege."



Sibel Edmonds, "who worked as a contract linguist, claimed she was fired after she alerted authorities about purported security and management problems in the bureau's language branch."

CNN continutes, "The Justice Department and the FBI both argued to the court that her lawsuit should be dismissed because much of the information needed to be considered for it was protected by the "state secrets privilege," which is meant to protect classified national security information from being disclosed.

U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton agreed with the government's position.

"The Court finds that the plaintiff is unable to establish her First Amendment, Fifth Amendment and Privacy Act claims without the disclosure of privileged information, nor would the defendants be able to defend against these claims without the same disclosures ... the plaintiff's case must be dismissed, albeit with great consternation, in the interests of national security," Walton wrote in the opinion."