Looks like the immunity deal Fitzgerald made with Ari Fleischer is paying off.
Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer testified Monday that then-colleague I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby told him over lunch that the wife of a prominent war critic worked at the CIA.
Fleischer said the conversation happened June 7, 2003, days before Libby told investigators he was surprised to learn about the CIA operative from a reporter. That discrepancy is at the heart of Libby's perjury and obstruction trial.
[..]Fleischer is a key witness because, as Fitzgerald said in his opening statement: "You can't learn something on Thursday that you're giving out on Monday."
FireDogLake continues their live blogging of the proceedings. Read their preview here and recounts of events here, here and here. The Media Bloggers Assoc. is live blogging it here.
