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My Take
Scooter Libby fascinates me as a study in how proximity to power magnifies both achievement and risk. A Yale-trained lawyer who rose to chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, he stood at the absolute center of American decision-making, then became the rare senior aide indicted and convicted before receiving clemency. I am less interested in litigating his guilt than in what his arc reveals: the closer you sit to the throne, the sharper the light and the deeper the shadow. The fact that he is also a writer and political scientist hints at a genuine intellect caught in history's machinery. He is destined to be remembered with the asterisks intact.
Overview
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby (first name generally given as Irv, Irve or Irving; born August 22, 1950) is an American lawyer and former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. He became known as a high-ranking staff person to be indicted by a grand jury on charges related to an intelligence investigation. He was convicted but later granted clemency by Republican president George W.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Scooter Libby
- Name (Japanese)
- ルイス・リビー
- Reading
- るいす・りびー
- Born
- August 22, 1950 (age 75)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Tiger
- Origin
- New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / lawyer / writer / political scientist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Yale University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.