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:: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 ::

The Liar

Not Only Did Bush Know - But He Lied About It To The Press
Originally published Oct 19, 2005

The Nation takes the Daily News story and kicks it up a notch:

Wait a minute! Two years ago, the White House--via McClellan--definitively declared that Rove was not "involved" in the CIA leak. But if Bush at some point upbraided his guru about the leak that means (a) Bush knew that Rove was involved and (b) Bush countenanced McClellan's dissemination of a false cover story. This is evidence that Bush was a party to the attempted White House cover-up and that Bush might have directly lied about the issue. On September 30, 2003 [link added], he was questioned by reporters about the leak investigation. Here's an excerpt:

Q: Yesterday we were told that Rove had no role in it--
The President: Yes.
Q: Have you talked to Karl and do you have confidence in him?
The President: Listen, I know of nobody-- I don't know of anybody in my administration who leaked classified information. If somebody leaked classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the appropriate action.
Quite possibly, we've found Bush's "I did not have sex with that woman" moment.The "appropriate action" - again - apparently is to promote them to deputy chief of staff and sweep your knowledge of it under the carpet.
Posted at 11:22 AM

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