Scooter Libby Trial: Meet the Press Is VP Cheney’s “Best Format”

Another item from Cathie Martin‘s testimony on Thursday, from the Washington Post:

“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.’” More…