Friday, February 17, 2006
President Bush, Fire "Loose Cannon" Cheney
Contributed by Working Assets
Back in June of 2004, a reporter asked President Bush if he would fire anyone found to have been connected to the leaking of Valerie Plame's covert identity. His one-word answer was "Yes."
It has now come to light, as part of Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation into possible perjury and obstruction of justice by Scooter Libby, that Vice President Cheney "authorized" Libby to divulge classified information to order to hide the administration's wanton mishandling of pre-invasion intelligence.
So far, there is no public evidence that Cheney specifically instructed Libby to disclose Plame's identity to reporters. But it's unlikely that Libby would have taken such a step without authorization from his boss -- and in any case, why in the world is the Vice President authorizing disclosure of classified information simply to try to make the administration look good?
If President Bush is serious about keeping his word, or keeping America safe from terrorism, we simply cannot have "loose cannons" leaking classified information from within the White House. He needs to ask for Dick Cheney's resignation immediately.
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Contributed by Working Assets
Back in June of 2004, a reporter asked President Bush if he would fire anyone found to have been connected to the leaking of Valerie Plame's covert identity. His one-word answer was "Yes."
It has now come to light, as part of Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation into possible perjury and obstruction of justice by Scooter Libby, that Vice President Cheney "authorized" Libby to divulge classified information to order to hide the administration's wanton mishandling of pre-invasion intelligence.
So far, there is no public evidence that Cheney specifically instructed Libby to disclose Plame's identity to reporters. But it's unlikely that Libby would have taken such a step without authorization from his boss -- and in any case, why in the world is the Vice President authorizing disclosure of classified information simply to try to make the administration look good?
If President Bush is serious about keeping his word, or keeping America safe from terrorism, we simply cannot have "loose cannons" leaking classified information from within the White House. He needs to ask for Dick Cheney's resignation immediately.
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