From NEWSWEEK, 1/26/07:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16832257/site/newsweek/

The president's political guru-and counselor Dan Bartlett-have been
subpoenaed by Scooter Libby's lawyers.

What it means for the most-watched trial in Washington-and who's next
on the witness stand.

A Web exclusive
By Michael Isikoff
Newsweek

White House anxiety is mounting over the prospect that top
officials-including deputy chief of staff Karl Rove and counselor Dan
Bartlett-may be forced to provide potentially awkward testimony in the
perjury and obstruction trial of Lewis (Scooter) Libby.

Both Rove and Bartlett have already received trial subpoenas from
Libby's defense lawyers, according to lawyers close to the case who
asked not to be identified talking about sensitive matters.

While that is no guarantee they will be called, the odds increased
this week after Libby's lawyer, Ted Wells, laid out a defense resting
on the idea that his client, Vice President ***** Cheney's former chief
of staff, had been made a "scapegoat" to protect Rove.

Cheney is expected to provide the most crucial testimony to back up
Wells's assertion, one of the lawyers close to the case said.

The vice president personally penned an October 2003 note in which he
wrote, "Not going to protect one staffer and sacrifice the other."

The note, read aloud in court by Wells, implied that Libby was the one
being sacrificed in an effort to clear Rove of any role in leaking the
identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame, wife of Iraq war critic Joe
Wilson.

"Wow, for all the talk about this being a White House that prides
itself on loyalty and discipline, you're not seeing much of it," the
lawyer said.

Libby is charged with lying about when and from whom he learned about
Plame during the spring and early summer of 2003, a time when the
White House was working to discredit Wilson.

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This gets to be more fun every day.

Harry