Maybe now he can lie IN COURT

Vice President Dick Cheney will be called as a defense witness in the CIA leak case, an attorney for Cheney's former chief of staff told a federal judge Tuesday. Cheney's former staff member, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice.

The trial is expected to start in January. In open court Tuesday, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said he would not be calling Cheney. Defense attorney Ted Wells then interjected that he would be calling the vice president on behalf of Libby.