From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

More revelations from inside the Bush White House.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

the daily look at the issues Americans care about most. At Washington's most political trial in a decade, the president's former press secretary

testified today against the vice president's former top aide. Ari Fleischer demanded immunity

before he would talk about when Lewis Scooter Libby knew that Valerie Plame was a CIA agent.

But the case is as much about politics as it is about perjury.

On to the point, we'll hear how the case is casting new light on an administration

that's notoriously secretive.

What's the relationship between the White House and the CIA?

Who decides when and why classified information can be made public.

First up, here's the news.

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Foundation. Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point. The President's former press

secretary testified in court today against the Vice President's former top aide. On To the Point,

what did Ari Fleischer say about what Scooter Libby knew and when he knew it? What's being revealed

about a notoriously secretive White House?

First, this news update after yesterday's 24-hour battle near the Shiite city of Najaf,

more is being learned about the combatants and their objectives.

It's reported that they might have been trying to kill the Ayatollah Sistani,

one of the Muslim world's most important Shiite clerics.

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