Bush Flip Flops on Plame leak "standards"
On Sept. 30, 2003, Mr. Bush said he was eager to find out if there had been "a leak" from his administration about Mrs. Wilson. "I want to know who it is," he said. "And if the person has violated law, the person will be taken care of."
Just one day earlier, Mr. Bush's spokesman, Scott McClellan, had stated a more categorical standard. "The president has set high standards, the highest of standards, for people in his administration," Mr. McClellan said. "He's made it very clear to people in his administration that he expects them to adhere to the highest standards of conduct. If anyone in this administration was involved in it, they would no longer be in this administration."
On June 10th 2004 when President Bush was asked whether he would fire anyone who had anything to do with leaking Mrs. Wilson's name.
"Yes," Mr. Bush replied, and his spokesmen have reiterated that stance repeatedly in the months since then.
Now on Monday July 18th, 2005 Bush comes out with this statement ""If someone committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration," Mr. Bush said in response to a question, after declaring, "I don't know all the facts; I want to know all the facts."
Now that Rove and Libby "Scooter" Libby have entered the picture in the leek investigation, Bush is having a bit of a meltdown.
The fact that Rove wanted to attack Joseph Wilson's credibility because of his op-ed column in the New York Times charging that Bush was manipulating intelligence in order to push the war in Iraq is reason enough to fire the him from the administration.
The right-wingers have been trying to sidestep the real crime by claiming that Plame made the decision to send her husband to Niger as if it were a conspiracy against the Bush administration. They have claimed that Wilson is a partisan "peace-nick" who was attacking the administration for partisan gain. The real fact is that the Uranium purchase from niger by Saddam was proven false in the end, and the claim that Bush used in his State of the Union address was a lie.
The real story here isn't about the outing of a covert CIA agent, it is the Downing Street Minutes which document that the Bush administration had made intelligence claims to fit their agenda for war with Iraq.
I think when all is said and done the Bush administration has been running away from the Downing Street Minutes.
Karl Rove is a traitor and an enemy of our country, and the Bush administration is more interested in retaining political power than protecting our country. The administration supports our troops by allowing high ranking officials to oust covert intelligence agents putting many other agents in harms way, and also threatening our national security.
This is all going to unravel but unfortunately Rove will more than likely get away with this, and Bush Co. will not hold anyone in its administration accountable because the corruption runs deep at the White House.
Just one day earlier, Mr. Bush's spokesman, Scott McClellan, had stated a more categorical standard. "The president has set high standards, the highest of standards, for people in his administration," Mr. McClellan said. "He's made it very clear to people in his administration that he expects them to adhere to the highest standards of conduct. If anyone in this administration was involved in it, they would no longer be in this administration."
On June 10th 2004 when President Bush was asked whether he would fire anyone who had anything to do with leaking Mrs. Wilson's name.
"Yes," Mr. Bush replied, and his spokesmen have reiterated that stance repeatedly in the months since then.
Now on Monday July 18th, 2005 Bush comes out with this statement ""If someone committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration," Mr. Bush said in response to a question, after declaring, "I don't know all the facts; I want to know all the facts."
Now that Rove and Libby "Scooter" Libby have entered the picture in the leek investigation, Bush is having a bit of a meltdown.
The fact that Rove wanted to attack Joseph Wilson's credibility because of his op-ed column in the New York Times charging that Bush was manipulating intelligence in order to push the war in Iraq is reason enough to fire the him from the administration.
The right-wingers have been trying to sidestep the real crime by claiming that Plame made the decision to send her husband to Niger as if it were a conspiracy against the Bush administration. They have claimed that Wilson is a partisan "peace-nick" who was attacking the administration for partisan gain. The real fact is that the Uranium purchase from niger by Saddam was proven false in the end, and the claim that Bush used in his State of the Union address was a lie.
The real story here isn't about the outing of a covert CIA agent, it is the Downing Street Minutes which document that the Bush administration had made intelligence claims to fit their agenda for war with Iraq.
I think when all is said and done the Bush administration has been running away from the Downing Street Minutes.
Karl Rove is a traitor and an enemy of our country, and the Bush administration is more interested in retaining political power than protecting our country. The administration supports our troops by allowing high ranking officials to oust covert intelligence agents putting many other agents in harms way, and also threatening our national security.
This is all going to unravel but unfortunately Rove will more than likely get away with this, and Bush Co. will not hold anyone in its administration accountable because the corruption runs deep at the White House.
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