Posted on 04/06/2006 9:12:16 AM PDT by rwfromkansas
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide told prosecutors President Bush authorized the leak of sensitive intelligence information about Iraq, according to court papers filed by prosecutors in the CIA leak case.
Before his indictment, I. Lewis Libby testified to the grand jury investigating the Valerie Plame leak that Cheney told him to pass on the information and that it was Bush who authorized the leak, the court papers say. According to the documents, the authorization led to the July 8, 2003, conversation between Libby and New York Times reporter Judith Miller.
There was no indication in the filing that either Bush or Cheney authorized Libby to disclose Plame's CIA identity.
cause they are cowards.
saving his own butt is in reference to Libby obviously...
I wasn't confused about that. I am confused about who is leaking grand jury documents to the media. I bet it's that darn Karl Rove again LOL
lol
Cynthia apologizes....
The Senate screws America....
Plame's name regains its top position in the news....
Somebody tell me that this isn't interconnected.
good point....it isn't a leak if the prez okays it.
The left believes whatever it wants to believe, whether there's a basis for it in reality or not. They are the most self-deluded group of people on the planet.
As to the meeting on July 8, defendant testified that he was specifically authorized in advance of the meeting to disclose the key judgments of the classified NIE to Miller on that occasion because it was thought that the NIE was pretty definitive against what Ambassador Wilson had said and that the Vice President thought that it was very important for the key judgments of the NIE to come out. Defendant further testified that he at first advised the Vice President that he could not have this conversation with reporter Miller because of the classified nature of the NIE. Defendant testified that the Vice President later advised him that the President had authorized defendant to disclose the relevant portions of the NIE. Defendant testified that he also spoke to David Addington, then Counsel to the Vice President, whom defendant considered to be an expert in national security law, and Mr. Addington opined that Presidential authorization to publicly disclose a document amounted to a declassification of the document.
**Bush OK'd Leak**
Huh? Lamestream press manufacturing news again?
xultar (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-06-06 12:11 PM
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-06-06 12:11 PM
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1. This is it!!!
CottonBear (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-06-06 12:12 PM
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2. Treason is the reason for the season!
I'm doing a Snoopy happy dance!
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-06-06 12:46 PM
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Roses for Fitzgerald?
Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-06-06 12:47
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1. I don't think so
It could be construed as a bribe.
Nice thought though.
babylonsister (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-06-06 12:47 PM
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3. My opinion: not yet.
We don't want him getting distracted and stuff!
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-06-06 12:48 PM
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Oh God, I'm At Work . . . What's Going On?? (*-Plame leak, Something else?
Fitzmas?? WTF?? Please feed me! (Please)
and gold touched $597/oz briefly today
Did Bush tell Libby to lie to the Grand Jury or the FBI? Now if Bush authorizes the release of information it is not a leak since the President is allowed to do that.
Why the prosecution considers this relevant, I don't know, anyway isn't Cheney or Rove supposed to be indicted soon?
Double hearsay alert.
THANKS FOR THAT POST.
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