FALL OF A VULCAN.

The article focuses on U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who recently resigned following his indictment for perjury and obstruction in the C.I.A. leak case. Libby's career as a novelist and his career in government are reviewed. The allegations levied by special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald are also discussed. The author presents an analysis of how the case involving the leaked identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame unfolded and also reviews the details of the indictment brought against Libby by Fitzgerald.