Associated Press:
The trial of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is making media history in one of the nation's historic courthouses.
For the first time, reporters for Web logs received the same press credentials as print and broadcast journalists at the 55-year-old courthouse in Washington where the Pentagon Papers opinion was crafted and the Watergate trials were held.
Members of the Media Bloggers Association, an organization dedicated to "citizen journalism," were approved for credentials, which will rotate among its members. Reporters will also provide coverage for blogs such as the Huffington Post and Daily Kos.
The trial is set to begin tuesday, after the King holiday. "We are all very excited about this," wrote Christy Hardin Smith of firedoglake, "Obtaining a press pass was not easy, and we plan to make the most of it as much as we humanly can do so."
Libby is charged with lying to investigators looking into the disclosure of an undercover CIA agent, Valerie Plame, to the media. Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to testify.
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