Not good
Me no understand.
Huh? Bush wouldn't have leaked anything to Novak. What's he need private counsel for?
HUH?
Maybe he's going to sue somebody
Where did you hear this?
WOW, what if this were actually true.
If it was a member of the White House staff, why would Pres. Bush need an attorney?
I don't understand.
Why do I have the sickening feeling that this might be the thing that gives us President Kerry?
You don't use government lawyers to defend yourself in any case like this. It is SOP to get a private lawyer.
David Kendall was Clinton's private lawyer. It may or may not be a big deal, but if there is an active investigation, President Bush needs a private lawyer.
And none of us should trust those bastards at ABC.
sounds hugh!
Well, at least I hope.....now the medieval media (another freeper coined THAT great phrase) will PICK this Scab until it BLEEDS on the front pages for weeks....but, hmmm...what else MIGHT it be replacing?
Can we please rename FreeRepublic to "Alarmist.com". Give me a break. This isn't even a story yet and people are predicting Kerry just got elected. Call me crazy, but I think I'll wait to read "the rest of the story".
I seriously doubt that Bush himself leaked anything to Novak. The White House may have an outside attorney working on legal research related to this issue, and Bush may have spoken to this attorney once. Therefore he has "contacted" this attorney and ABC News will attempt to blow this up into propaganda they can use against Bush & Cheney. Same old stuff from the liberal media....a tempest in a teapot.
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&tab=wn&q=Bush+contacts+outside+attorney+in+leak+case
Your search - Bush contacts outside attorney in leak case - did not match any documents
This makes me VERY nervous. Why do I get the sinking feeling something big is going down?? Time for some Pepto.
Bush Consults Lawyer in CIA Leak Case 2 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) has consulted an outside lawyer in case he needs to retain him in the grand jury investigation of who leaked the name of a covert CIA (news - web sites) operative last year, the White House said Wednesday.
There was no indication that was a target of the leak investigation, but the president has decided that "in the event that he needs his advice," he would retain him," White House deputy Claire Buchan.
The attorney is Jim Sharp, she said, confirmed a report by CBS News.
"The president has said that everyone should cooperate in this matter and that would include himself," Buchan said.
She deflected questions about whether Bush had been asked to appear before a grand jury in the case.
If I'm not badly mistaken (and I believe that I'm not) the name in "Plame" and not "Plume." I doubt the validity of this article in that no reputable journalist would misspell someone's name. Oh crap!! I completely forgot that we are dealing with the press which is a vital organ of the LEFT in this country.