Thursday, April 06, 2006
Leaker-in-Chief
From the Washington Post:
"A former top aide to Vice President Cheney told a federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA agent's identity that President Bush authorized him to disclose classified intelligence information about Iraq as a way of rebutting criticism from the agent's husband, according to court papers filed by prosecutors."
So Bush, who has publicly criticized leaks, turns out to be the Leaker-in-Chief. Not only that, but he leaked information for purely political reasons--as payback for Joseph Wilson's challenge to his claims about WMD in Iraq (which we now know were justified challenges).
I agree with Howard Dean:
"The fact that the president was willing to reveal classified information for political gain and put the interests of his political party ahead of America's security shows that he can no longer be trusted to keep America safe."
Former Cheney Aide: Bush Authorized Iraq Intelligence Leak
"A former top aide to Vice President Cheney told a federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA agent's identity that President Bush authorized him to disclose classified intelligence information about Iraq as a way of rebutting criticism from the agent's husband, according to court papers filed by prosecutors."
So Bush, who has publicly criticized leaks, turns out to be the Leaker-in-Chief. Not only that, but he leaked information for purely political reasons--as payback for Joseph Wilson's challenge to his claims about WMD in Iraq (which we now know were justified challenges).
I agree with Howard Dean:
"The fact that the president was willing to reveal classified information for political gain and put the interests of his political party ahead of America's security shows that he can no longer be trusted to keep America safe."
Former Cheney Aide: Bush Authorized Iraq Intelligence Leak
