BREAKING: Libby Destroyed Evidence Prior To Testifying, Cheney 'Deeply Involved'  —  Under oath, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff Scooter Libby told a grand jury that he first learned that Joe Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, was a CIA agent from conversations with the media.

Holy Moly  —  Norah O'Donnell is asking Andy Card and Leon Panetta if the president is going to have to ask Dick Cheney to resign as a result of what's being alleged at the Libby Trial.  (They both punted.)  —  If that's the beltway chatter, look for the Republican noise machine to go into high gear.

Libby Liveblog: Well's Opening Statement, Part One  —  Wells up.  —  As you learned a few days ago, my name is Ted Wells.  And I speak for Scooter Libby.  Scooter Libby is innocent.  Totally innocent.  —  He is an innocent man and he has been wrongly and unfairly accused.

Libby Liveblog: Fitzgerald's Opening Statement  —  Here goes Fitzgerald... It will be utterly fascinating to see how Fitzgerald operates.  I'm most interested, though, in how Fitzgerald will describe the obstruction charge and Libby's motive.  What will Fitzgerald say Libby was obstructing, and why?

Libby Liveblog: Wells' Opening Statement, Part Two  —  Picking up after lunch.  —  To remind you of housekeeping.  This is not a transcript.  It is as close as I can get.  —  And I'll timestamp my updates.  I'll try to update every 15 minutes.  So don't overtax the servers by trying to update every two minutes.

Defense Attorney Paints Libby as Scapegoat  —  I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was "put through the meat grinder" by the White House shortly after the Iraq war began, scapegoated to cloak the leak of a CIA officer's identity to the media by presidential adviser Karl Rove, Libby's lawyer contended today as Libby's perjury trial began.

The State of the Union is a Disaster:  —  The Speech George Bush Should Make Tuesday Night  —  Don't bother standing up or clapping, any of you.  I already know who won the election, and I know how you feel.  —  I come before you tonight not to make amends, not to make it good, curry any favor or find any middle ground.

Hizbullah, Aoun unleash terror on Lebanon — continuous updates  —  Hundreds of masked men are setting fire to tires and dumpsters after filling them with fuel in Beirut and other areas.  Eyewitnesses told me that they saw bulldozers assisting the protestors by shoveling dirt and dumping it on some of the roads.