Dick Cheney will interrogate in court

US Vice President Dick Cheney will be called to the court to testify in the case of information leak from the CIA, reports AP. He will witness protection at the process over his former assistant Lewis Libby. Libbi is accused of perjury and obstruction of the administration of justice in the case of declassifying the secret agent of the CIA Valerie Plyim.

This will be the first case in the history of the United States, when the current vice president of the country appears before the court. Presidents Clinton and Ford happened to testify.

At the same time, it is not specified whether Cheney will appear to testify to the courtroom personally or will provide the court with a video with his appeal.

In July 2003, the name of the secret agent of the CIA Valerie Plame was revealed by journalists at once several publications. In the United States, such publicity is a criminal offense. Husband Playm - American diplomat Joseph Wilson - repeatedly claimed that the White House deliberately organized a leakage of data about his wife in revenge for his public criticism of the presidential administration.

In August, the former deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitiga, who called his act in which there was not a shadow of evil intent, pleaded his guilt in identifying. However, journalist Robert Novak, who received this information from Armitiga, said that the ex-official issued him closed information quite consciously. Other sources of Novak were adviser to George Bush Karl Row and former CIA employee Bill Harlow.