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Scooter sez Bush ordered leak

Postby Patrick M » Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:52 pm

Bush 'ordered leak', ex-aide says

President Bush authorised the leak of secret intelligence to the New York Times to help defend the war in Iraq, a former top White House aide has said.

The claim comes from Lewis Libby, the former chief-of-staff to Vice-President Dick Cheney.

Mr Libby is facing trial for allegedly obstructing an investigation into a different leak.

He is accused of lying to prosecutors investigating who revealed the name of CIA agent Valerie Plame to the press.

Ms Plame's husband, former diplomat Joseph Wilson, wrote a high-profile article in the New York Times in July 2003 casting doubt on a key White House claim about Saddam Hussein's pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Mr Libby says in court papers filed on Wednesday that Mr Cheney then told him to pass information from the classified National Intelligence Estimate to Judith Miller, a New York Times reporter.

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Mr Bush approved Mr Cheney's instruction, the vice-president told Mr Libby, according to the court papers.

The lawyer prosecuting Mr Libby does not claim Mr Bush broke the law.

But Mr Libby's testimony marks the first time he has put the president into the frame of events surrounding leaks from the White House to the press over the Iraq war.

No-one has been charged with a crime over the leaking of Mrs Plame's name to reporters.

Mr Libby is charged with lying to investigators and obstructing the investigation.

He resigned as chief-of-staff to Mr Cheney after he was charged and is due to go on trial in January 2007.

Published: 2006/04/06 17:39:44 GMT
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Postby Rspaight » Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:20 pm

Bush in 2/2004 wrote:If there's a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is...If the person has violated law, that person will be taken care of. I welcome the investigation. I am absolutely confident the Justice Department will do a good job. I want to know the truth...Leaks of classified information are bad things.
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Postby lukpac » Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:21 pm

Ahh, but he's in the clear since he has the authority to declassify information, you see.
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Postby Rspaight » Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:29 pm

Indeed. Nice to see he's making sober and considered use of that authority.

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Postby Xenu » Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:02 pm

The occasional bald-faced lies that come out of the administration really should do more to convince people that Bush is not above cunning...
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