Posted on 01/26/2007 4:38:30 PM PST by Sub-Driver
President's Veep In Deep When It Comes to CIA Leak Case
As new details continue to emerge from the Lewis "Scooter" Libby trail, it's now known that Vice President Cheney "personally orchestrated his office's 2003 efforts to rebut allegations that the administration used flawed intelligence to justify the war in Iraq and discredit a critic who Cheney believed was making him look foolish," according to the Washington Post. [Washington Post, 1/26/07]
In her testimony, former Cheney spokeswoman Cathie Martin said she had a "clear memory" of telling Cheney and Libby that Ambassador Joe Wilson, a critic of the White House's Iraq policy who questioned the use of intelligence leading up to war, was married to CIA agent Valerie Plame and both were "intensely interested" in the pair. Martin's testimony also revealed that the White House had an intricate press strategy to combat Wilson's criticism of the war, outlining a series of options from putting the Vice President on "Meet the Press" to leaking the story to various high level reporters. [New York Times, 1/26/07]
"Apparently, Vice President Cheney spent more time defending the war in Iraq than actually executing it," said Democratic National Committee Press Secretary Stacie Paxton. "The Libby trial is revealing just how far the Bush White House Iraq Group was willing to go to smear its critics and cover up the use of cherry-picked intelligence used to justify the war. Questions remain about the role Vice President Cheney played in the day-to-day dealings of the White House Iraq Group. Also, was President Bush aware that his White House not only leaked the name of a CIA operative during a time of war but was actively working to attack its critics and cover-up the use of flawed intelligence?"
Really! How DARE the President of the United States make efforts to rebut St. Joe Wilson's ludicrous lies!
There are several felonies in that ~
They just don't quit do they? I wish they'd put this much effort into Vince Foster's death or Hellary's stock options bonanza!
I have only four words for WaPo, NYT and DNC: And your point is?
year 4 of the same go nowhere, non crime bullcrap.
Throw something against the wall, and see if it sticks. Is this the best that they can do?
Pitiful.
It's "plane" that this bad smell of the demorats just won't go away...something like swamp gas. You have to drain the swamp.
F I C T I O N
..frankly, that statement is out of line...
Well, exactly. Bush doesn't get to rebut Joseph Wilson's lies? Because?? LA Times ran this too. Luckily I had already scanned FR and etc before I hit Starbx. It was written from such a different angle/ disgusting.
How many times can they fire the same bullet. This one is worn down from a 50 caliber to a BB by now.
They forgot/loft out that Wilson has testified to a Senate committee too.
Is Rice VP yet? :-)
So what and good for him!
"Apparently, Vice President Cheney spent more time defending the war in Iraq than actually executing it," said Democratic National Committee Press Secretary Stacie Paxton.
Again, so what! Isn't the president responsible for conducting wars?
Didn't the democrats take over congress? Don't they have real work they have to do now? How long will they continue to live in the past?
President's Veep in Deep? That's how they worded it? Was the writer on the staff of Variety?
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