Will Fleischer’s testimony burry Liddy in his trial? How much damage is this case doing to the GOP?

MSNBC-WASHINGTON – Attorneys for former vice presidential aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby are seeking to limit the testimony of former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer in the CIA leak case, NBC News has learned.

Fleischer, who made a brief appearance at the courthouse on Thursday, is expected to testify as early as Monday that he learned that the wife of Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson worked for the CIA from Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney.

Rove, who has not been charged, has acknowledged having been a source for a July 14, 2003, column by Robert Novak that first disclosed the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson as a CIA officer. The disclosure led to the investigation resulting in Libby’s indictment on charges he lied to FBI investigators and obstructed their investigation into the leak.

Fleischer’s testimony is significant because he says he talked to Libby about Plame days before Libby told the FBI he was surprised to learn it from a reporter.

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