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Lanny Davis: ID of Berger Probe Leaker 'None of Your Business'
NewsMax.com ^ | 7/23/04 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 07/22/2004 11:15:22 PM PDT by kattracks

Former Clinton White House counsel Lanny Davis fueled speculation on Thursday that he personally leaked the news that former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger was under criminal investigation by the Justice Department, by repeatedly dodging the question.

Asked point-blank if he was the leaker, Davis refused to respond directly, but instead told Liberty Broadcasting's Linda Chavez that if he had asked a reporter the same question, the answer would be "None of your business." When Chavez pressed for a straight answer, Davis suggested he would have leaked the news last year to Associated Press reporter John Solomon, who actually did break the story on Monday.

"Had I been asked last October by my old friend Sandy Berger," Davis told Chavez, "I would have suggested to Sandy that we call John Solomon and that he sit down with John Solomon and tell him the whole story and get the story out last October."

In the next breath Davis said he wasn't surprised that "somebody" had leaked news of the Berger investigation on "this particular week out of 52 weeks in 2004."

Suspicions that Davis was the source of the Berger leak surfaced on Tuesday, when the National Review Online's Mark Levin noted in his column:

"Lanny Davis's tactics of leaking bad information in order to control the media spin is clearly in play, if not by him, by others. But he is now a prominent voice pointing a finger at purported Bush motives.

"The Berger story first appeared in the Associated Press, and was written by John Solomon, whom Davis reveals in his book as his favorite reporter. In addition to Davis, the usual Clinton propagandists are involved as well – Lanny Breuer and Joe Lockhart."

The full exchange between Chavez and Davis went like this:

CHAVEZ: Did you leak this?

DAVIS: [Laughing] Well, first of all, thank you for asking me that. I've heard about that.

The caller [who cited Levin's National Review piece] is absolutely correct. I wrote a chapter in my book about one of the great reporters who covered the White House, John Solomon for the Associated Press. I always get him into trouble by saying he's a great reporter, 'cause people will think he treated us with a soft touch. In fact, he killed us almost all the time.

But I'm afraid if I asked John Solomon "Who leaked this to you?" he would give you the same answer that he's always given me when I asked that question, which is "None of your business."

CHAVEZ: OK, Lanny. But [the caller] was asking you. He wasn't asking John Solomon. Did you leak this information to John Solomon in order to get the bad news out of the way?

DAVIS: Oh, did I? [laughing nervously] Well, let me put it this way. Had I been asked last October by my old friend Sandy Berger - who is a great man, an honest man and has done something that he sincerely regrets - I would have suggested to Sandy that we call John Solomon and that he sit down with John Solomon and tell him the whole story and get the story out last October.

Because as sure as the sun rises in the East, Linda, there were enough people who knew about this that this particular week out of 52 weeks in 2004, is not surprising as the week that somebody chose to leak the story. [END OF EXCERPT]



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: berger; calzonestuffer; clintonstooge; davisberger; lannydavis; sandyberger; soxgate; trousergate
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To: Liz; Grampa Dave; Republic; Happy2BMe; devolve
Somebody oughta photshop Kerry into this.

hehe! I bet you thought I forgot, huh?


I finally got around to this. Sorry it took me so long. :^)


101 posted on 07/31/2004 5:05:18 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: MeekOneGOP

Very good.

When we get into October/Haloween time, the Ichabod Crane graphic arts will be a very ripe harvest for you and others.


102 posted on 08/01/2004 4:42:34 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (al Kerry was AWOL for 38 Of 49 Senate Intelligence Committee Hearings, 1993-2000!)
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To: Grampa Dave
:^D

103 posted on 08/01/2004 4:50:22 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: MeekOneGOP

LOL.......if Kerry only had a brain....and a winning campaign strategy.

Great photoshopping and I knew you'd come through....sooner or later..


104 posted on 08/01/2004 4:58:44 AM PDT by Liz
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To: holdonnow

You friggin' nailed him!


105 posted on 08/01/2004 5:10:09 AM PDT by I got the rope
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To: Liz
Thank you so much ! :^D

While I was at it, I used a TeRAYza pic and put her in there too!:


If I only had a brain!


“You can call me Mama T.”


106 posted on 08/01/2004 7:14:31 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: kattracks

Lying Lanny Davis!


107 posted on 08/01/2004 7:17:00 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: MeekOneGOP
LOL.........Terayza would made a great Margaret Hamilton Wicked Witch.


108 posted on 08/01/2004 7:57:24 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Liz
LOL!

109 posted on 08/01/2004 8:11:16 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Liz
Terayza would made a great Margaret Hamilton Wicked Witch.

Yeah ! :^D



110 posted on 08/01/2004 11:36:31 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: MeekOneGOP

ROTFLOL..........fantastic. She looks so right as the witch with that big mouth of hers.


111 posted on 08/01/2004 12:53:16 PM PDT by Liz
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To: Liz
haha ! She is a natural witch, huh? :^D

I posted that on a terror thread captioned I'll get you my little pretties and one Freeper loved it.

So I went to my PhotoDeluxe software and made up another one with that caption.

For some reason, I'm having trouble getting to my website upload page. When I get it uploaded, I'll post it here.


112 posted on 08/01/2004 2:19:16 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Liz
Comcast finally overcame their technical difficulties.

Here is the captioned pic!



113 posted on 08/01/2004 5:58:54 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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