Cheney deeply involved in 'outing' Valerie Plame

Looks like Dick Cheney may have major problems on his hands as far as this Plame trial goes. Earlier yesterday, an MSNBC report on the "Libby Trial" revealed Cheney was deeply involved in "quarterbacking" the discrediting of the Wilsons (view video the report here).

On top of that (and perhaps this may be worse news for Tim Russert), we have this:

Memo to Tim Russert: Dick Cheney thinks he controls you.

This delicious morsel about the "Meet the Press" host and the vice president was part of the extensive dish Cathie Martin served up yesterday when the former Cheney communications director took the stand in the perjury trial of former Cheney chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

Flashed on the courtroom computer screens were her notes from 2004 about how Cheney could respond to allegations that the Bush administration had played fast and loose with evidence of Iraq's nuclear ambitions. Option 1: "MTP-VP," she wrote, then listed the pros and cons of a vice presidential appearance on the Sunday show. Under "pro," she wrote: "control message."

"I suggested we put the vice president on 'Meet the Press,' which was a tactic we often used," Martin testified. "It's our best format."

It'll be interesting to see how (if?) the media, and especially Tim Russert, choose to cover, and respond to this.