In one of those dramatic “Perry Mason moments” that rarely occur in real life, an audible gasp went up from the crowd today at the Scooter Libby trial, as Judith Miller testified that the defendant actually¬†had¬†a Valerie Plame screensaver.¬†

The former reporter for The New York Times calmly described Libby’s office set-up, where she met him to commiserate in June ’03 over the puzzling disappearance of¬†WMD in Iraq.¬† Ms. Miller explained that the Plame Screensaver was part of¬†software that Libby had downloaded, called Undercover Girls of the CIA.¬†¬†¬†¬†

Ms. Miller provided further testimony that cast great doubt on Libby’s defense — that his false statements to investigators¬†about¬†how and when he learned about¬†Ms. Plame’s identity, was simply an honest mistake.

For example, Mr. Libby was on Valerie Plame’s MySpace Buddy list, and he also had written her name on his running shoes. Even more damning was the secret room in Libby’s basement, which was decked out¬†as a shrine to the CIA operative, complete with pictures of Ms. Plame plastered all over the walls.

But perhaps most devastating to the defense was a a little ditty about Plame, written in Libby’s own handwriting, based on the famous theme song from Cheers:

Sometimes you want to go
Where everybody knows your naaa-ame,
Mrs. Wilson or Valerie Plaaa-ame;
You want to be where you can be seen,
Your undercover blown for fame;
You want to be where everybody knows your name.

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