[LS]

I'm no lawyer, but lawyers are smart enough to put people like this on the stand under other auspices, even when a judge says certain things are "off limits." If nothing else, I would think they could be called as rebuttal witnesses to Russert or one of the others who said they "heard it" from Libby. But if the issue is that Libby said, flatly, he did not TALK to Russert, and they proved he did, he's in heap big trouble.

[Steve_Seattle]

"But if the issue is that Libby said, flatly, he did not TALK to Russert, and they proved he did, he's in heap big trouble."

Libby did not deny talking to Russert. They disagreed about what was said during the conversation. Libby said Russert mentioned Plame; Russert - who couldn't remember anything else Wells questioned him about - said he didn't.