Scotter Libby says the President, through Dead-Eye Dick Cheney told him to leak the CIA information. Finally, the through is out. And you’d think that the Administration would at least own up to its role. (Insert Krabappel cackel). But bullshit like this makes me more angry. From today’s New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/07/washington/07cnd-leak.html
Mr. McClellan was asked today whether the president’s own words at the time (”If there’s a leak out of this administration, I want to know who it is”) and Mr. Libby’s recent assertion demonstrated inconsistency, at best.
Not at all, Mr. McClellan said. “Declassifying information and providing it to the public when it is in the public interest is one thing,” he said. “But leaking classified information that could compromise our national security is something that is very serious. And there is a distinction” — a distinction Democrats refuse to see, he said repeatedly.
What? If that makes any sense to you, I’d like you to tell me. Since when is leaking a covert CIA operative’s cover in the interest of public and national security? Usually, when you are a spy, you’re suppose to remain anonymous. To stop being under cover, usually means you failed you’re job. And spies usually preform very dangerous jobs that very few people can do, in order to protect their country. Whether its Bush, Cheney, or someone else – it doesn’t matter, someone in the Bush Administration is to blame and someone needs to be held accountable for this. At first, this was President Bush’s response. Since then we’ve seen less action and more waffling.
And now that it looks like the top dogs might be in trouble, the leak was for our own good – what?! I do not think that the American people are dumb enough to believe that. Much less the Bush Administration’s initial stance on the issue.
