New developments from the Lewis “Scooter” Libby trial. On Thursday, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former spokesperson Catherine Martin testified she told Cheney and Libby of Valerie Plame’s CIA status days before Libby claimed he found out. Libby is Cheney’s former chief of staff. He’s accused of lying to investigators and a grand jury during the investigation of the outing of Plame’s identity. Martin also testified Cheney personally directed the White House effort to discredit Plame’s husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, after Wilson challenged the Bush administration’s prewar claims on Iraqi weaponry.