A 'Fishing Expedition' is called in the Plame lawsuit.

From USA Today:

WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday that Valerie Plame's lawsuit stemming from the exposure of her CIA identity is filled with "fanciful claims."


"This is a fishing expedition," attorney John Kester said during nearly three hours of argument in U.S. District Court.


Lawyers for Cheney, Karl Rove and two others belittled Plame's suit, saying it should be thrown out of court.
The former CIA officer contends the Bush administration violated her constitutional rights by leaking her identity to reporters in 2003.


Her lawsuit is "principally based on a desire for publicity and book deals," said Michael Waldman, representing former State Department official Richard Armitage.

The case is "about egregious conduct by defendants that ruined a woman's career," countered Plame's attorney, Erwin Chemerinsky.

Plame's lawyers say the case could reveal more about the inner workings of the Bush White House than surfaced during Libby's month-long perjury trial, but Thursday's arguments focused on technical matters of law.

To succeed, their lawyers must show that Cheney and the other defendants are not immune from such suits because they clearly violated the Constitution.