A former spokeswoman for Vice President Dick Cheney gave testimony in the trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. on Thursday that directly contradicted Mr. Libby’s version of events during a crucial period that is at the center of the perjury case against him.
Cathie Martin, Mr. Cheney’s former spokeswoman, testified that she had a clear memory of telling both Mr. Cheney and Mr. Libby that a prominent war critic’s wife worked for the C.I.A., days before he contends he first learned it from a reporter.
Ms. Martin was the fourth witness for the prosecution in the trial of Mr. Libby, who is charged with lying during an investigation of who leaked the name of the C.I.A. operative, Valerie Wilson. Unlike the previous three witnesses, who worked at the C.I.A. and State Department, Ms. Martin’s testimony may prove especially damaging to Mr. Libby because of her perspective as a former insider in the vice president’s office and as a former colleague of Mr. Libby. She repeatedly referred to him as Scooter, his nickname.
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Ms. Martin’s testimony raised difficulties for Mr. Libby’s defense in two respects. She bolstered the prosecution’s assertion that Mr. Libby was made aware of Ms. Wilson’s identity from a number of administration officials. He denied passing her name to two reporters, but those reporters have told a grand jury otherwise.
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