Bush admits administration leaked CIA name

[BeatleBoot]

Source: MSNBC

Bush admits administration leaked CIA name

President hopes to move past furor over Libby sentence commutation

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Thursday acknowledged publicly for the first time that someone in his administration likely leaked the name of a CIA operative, although he also said he hopes the controversy over his decision to spare prison for a former White House aide has "run its course."

"And now we're going to move on," Bush said in a White House news conference.

The president had initially said he would fire anyone in his administration found to have publicly disclosed the identity of Valerie Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and a CIA operative. Ten days ago, Bush commuted the 30-month sentence given to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby by a federal judge in connection with the case.

Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, had been convicted of lying and obstruction of justice in the CIA-leak case.


Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19728346/

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[UpInArms]

1. The proper course would be for Dimson to spend the rest of

his days in a cell at the Hague.

Impeach - Indict - Imprison

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. "someone" and "likely"

Make that "several" and "definitely." Then follow up with charges!

[derby378]

75. The Hague is too good for him...

I'm thinking of a cell at Florence ADX - maybe even one right next to Moussaoui.

Or how about Gitmo? He loves clearing brush so much, put him to work down there!

[peacebird]

2. He ADMITS someone in his admin outed CIA agent? Calling Agent Mike

Is the CIA *happy* about all this "now we're going to move on" approach?

[anarch]

80. I'd venture to guess that most of the CIA has never been real happy about any of this

or about this administration in general. Just a guess, mind you.

[BootinUp]

4. "I am the Law, nothing to see here, move along" n/t

[Nite Owl]

5. What does his daddy have to say now?

Bush Sr. Called Philip Agee a 'Traitor' for Outing CIA Agents -- Why Won't He Denounce What Happened in His Son's White House?
01-Oct-03
George Bush Sr.
"Former President Bush, helping the CIA celebrate its 50th birthday, called agency critics 'nuts.' He singled out for criticism Philip Agee, a former CIA agent and later critic of the agency. 'Remember Philip Agee, who I consider a traitor to our country?'' Bush asked, referring to Agee's efforts to expose CIA operations and identify spies. Bush said some of the criticism of the Directorate of Operations ruined secret U.S. clandestine operations in foreign countries and, in one instance, blew the cover of CIA station chief in Greece, Richard Welch, who was assassinated outside his residence in Greece in the mid-1970s." In addition, Barbara Bush wrote in her memoir that Agee should be charged with a felony. So what's the deal? In the Bush play book, it's not a crime to out agents if it is for the sake of the Bush Crime Family???

http://elandslide.org/preview.cfm?term=George%20Bush%20Sr.

[BlueIris]

113. Yeah, no shit. Hey, (actual) President Bush? Let's hear your thoughts.

[Rhiannon12866]

120. Good point, my friend. Why hasn't Poppy weighed in on this?

"I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious, of traitors." - George H. W. Bush

[Lilith Velkor]

130. Because weeping in public is too embarassing. n/t

[EVDebs]

157. Agee's Revenge !

What we should be calling this escapade.

[LibDemAlways]

6. This is unbelievable. Imagine Clinton saying

the same thing and getting a pass from the media whores and GOP.

He'd have been impeached, tried, and convicted within days.

"And now we're going to move on".....Not so fast, idiot. I'd suggest that it's long past time for Pelosi to get it together and move on for impeachment. This kind of arrogance....Sure, we broke the law. So what?.....ought to be the straw that broke the camel's back.

(Not holding my breath, however.)

[compote_tom]

119. are you kidding

Clinton woulda been lynched with the help of the mainstream press

[LibDemAlways]

132. Quite likely....and.....welcome to DU.

[Contrary1]

7. Interesting ad choice on that page...

Coincidence? I think not. :applause:

[Robbien]

8. Bush just said his WH committed treason

and only a few people who pay real close attention are even aware of the admission of treason.

Wonders never cease.

[LibDemAlways]

10. Where are the Dems? They ought to be

opening impeachment hearings today.

Yep, we committed treason. Now let's move on.....

There are no words.

[Robbien]

13. Most top Dems are on the campaign trail

and the majority leaders are extremely busy playing bi-partisanship with GOPers.

There's no time to protect the country from Benedict Arnolds in the WH.

[LibDemAlways]

16. The repukes had no problem impeaching

Clinton over a stain on a dress. I would suggest to the Dems that they ought to drop whatever the hell it is they're doing and impeach these bastards. The media whores couldn't ignore impechment hearings and, at the very least, Americans would finally get a wake-up call as to the multiple crimes of these thugs.

[question everything]

45. Yes, Clinton was impeached but was not removed from office

Do you really think that there are enough votes in the Senate to remove Bush from office?

Remember also that Clinton's approval rate went up after these procedures, as most Americans saw them as politics by the Republicans. Sure, Bush's actions cannot even come close to Clinton's but for the short attention span voters, impeaching Bush would be viewed in a similar way. And BJ is a shorter and easier to understand term than betraying the country and the constitution.

I think that working on what matter for most voters: access to good education, health care and retirement will yield better dividends next November than working on impeachment.

And 2008 may be our last chance to grab both Congress and the White House, ahead of the 2010 census that will shift even more electoral votes and Congressional districts to the South and the Southwest from the Northeast and the Upper Midwest.

[LibDemAlways]

71. By not impeaching him at this point the Dems are

setting a horrible precedent. If a President can't be impeached for treason, then our government is beyond broken. Americans do understand that betraying the Constitution is grounds for impeachment. They are losing faith because the Dems are sitting on their hands, not because they aren't.

[ikojo]

109. Anyone who doesn't think the Republicans

REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY SENATORS THEY WERE AWAY FROM THE MYSTICAL AND MAGICAL 60, would not have made A LOT of noise if a DEMOCRATIC president did half of what Bush has done; well those people are smoking or dropping something, because they are living in a fantasy world.

The Democrats look like they don't care about security or the rule of law when they don't issue FORCEFUL and STRONG condemnation of Bush's actions.

The Democrats look like spineless weaklings by not standing up to BushCo.

[ooglymoogly]

84. Um...the Clinton impeachment WAS political and Clinton was presiding

over one of the fattest surpluses in history and had one of the highest ratings of any president under these circumstances in the pols during his impeachment. The impeachment of asshole is not political but safeguarding our constitution and protecting this democracy from idiot further selling our country to anybody who can pay his price, (cronies preferred) and selling us down the river. All the rest of us are good for is cannon fodder and replenishing the welfare troff where his cronies feed. I guess I am just not even close to understanding your "logic". 600 thousand Iraqi's dead and counting, pushing 4 thousand of our own dead and countless maimed, all fellow travelers on this earth...are you kidding me?

[Zhade]

100. Why are you advocating we let criminals walk?

NT!

[dickbearton]

121. Treason...

"Question Everything" your post indicates you are an
accomplice to treason after the fact.

[Laurab]

135. Could you perhaps expound on that?

I don't understand it at all - in fact I read the post and saw nothing of the sort.

Interesting post.....

[Alcibiades]

136. Not now, but there could be

Moreover, the impeachment proceedings could be enough to cause them to resign. It's not a question of getting the facts anymore, it's one of publicity. Impeachment hearings will give Congress the chance to explain to the people what the administration has done. Imagine a "Have you no decency left, sir" moment, as in the Army-McCarthy hearings, and you get the gist of what I mean.

I do think that most congressional democrats have the Clinton experience in mind when they think of the possibility of a Bush impeachment, but they are wrong to do so. Clinton was never as unpopular as the current president. If Congress leads on this one, public opinion will follow.

As far as working on a Democratic agenda, well, if there are not enough votes to impeach Bush, then there certainly are not enough for the Democrats to enact a sufficiently progressive agenda to be able to claim clear credit in '08. Do you really think that Republicans will give them such an opportunity? Fat chance. Any real legislative agenda will have to await a new Congress, and a Democratic president. The only things Congress can do are negative things, but these are important. Impeaching the president, even if unsuccessful in the Senate, will block the administration from pursuing its radical agenda. As we saw with Clinton, it's hard to get much done while impeachment proceedings are underway.

I understand your concern about the South and the west, but don't think it's quite that bad. Firstly, many of the folks who are moving into these southern/western states are yankees, and, in some cases, enough have moved to make these red states more purple, if not blue. Secondly, the massive assault on the rule of law that has been accomplished by this administration must be answered. If nothing else, the president must be made to promise not to pardon or grant clemency to anyone else within his administration.

[texastoast]

94. Hear Hear

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[dysfunctional press]

140. moving on, "for the good of the country" most likely...

:grr: :mad: :banghead:

just like when they let poppy and his crew skate on iran/contra.

whadda bunch of fu#@*ng wimps.

[redqueen]

9. "And now we're going to move on,"

:rofl:

you think so, chimpy? hah!

this isn't a 'controversy' that you can just hope has 'run its course'... it's a frickin CRIME you frickin MORON!

[eppur_se_muova]

14. "And now we're going to move on, and commit more crimes." nt

[rexcat]

11. If someone from his administration leaked the information...

it would seem that Fitzgerald's comments that Libby and possibly others were not telling the truth and/or obstructing the investigation are now confirmed by Bush. But according to Bush it doesn't matter because that is what he wanted. Impeach the son-of-a-bitch now! Do bad the repukes in Congress will block any impeachment proceedings.

[dickbearton]

124. Impeachment...

Let the repukes go on record one by one as blocking
impeachment that will prove they are accomplices to treason.

[Mandate My Ass]

12. Ever since sElection 2000 we've been ordered to "move along"

No matter how far we go, Bushie's trainwrecks are littering the landscape. My dogs are tired. I ain't moving nowhere no more.

If Libby can't serve the time, Cheney should.

[Raejeanowl]

81. I'll Move On When He Does

This remark won't fly. We've had to "move on" beyond the untenable, the unacceptable,the egregious too may times, starting with the 2000 election shenanigans (something I always felt called for an entire re-do, not just selective recounts in jurisdictions conveniently under Bush control and adjudicated by arguably biased courts).

[grasswire]

87. it's longer than that

The same crowd of elite industrialists attempted a military coup against FDR. It only failed because the person they picked to head the coup, U.S.M.C. General Smedley Butler, ratted them out.

And FDR quashed the event because he wanted to go along to get along.

[DutchLiberal]

15. D.U.H.

So, why isn't he impeached for treason again?

[texastoast]

104. Because many Americans are apathetic

Their children will suffer because of their apathy.

[Demeter]

17. President, REMOVE THYSELF!!!

You said you would. And take the Dark Lord with you. I hear Paraguay is nice, this time of year.

[The Wielding Truth]

37. Yep. A huge disservice to this Country. Bigger than a b.j..

I'd say a High crime. Move along? We'll move along to a new government without treasonous republicon liars.

[Gregorian]

18. Sorry, but that move-on escalator is not going where you want.

It's moving directly to a secure facility.

Turn on the lights. The cock roaches have infested out White House!

[supernova]

19. Truely the most unaware goon on the planet

x(

[bamacrat]

20. Isn't that a crime still?

Thats like admitting to murder after someone else has been tried for it. This should be enough to impeach shouldnt it?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

21. Re: Bush admits administration leaked CIA name

All I can think of is George Costanza saying "Did I do something wrong? Was I not supposed to do that?"

[BattyDem]

28. LOL!

:rofl:

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Wednesdays]

42. Or how about Steve Martin...

"I forgot it was against the law!"

:spank:

[InternalDialogue]

89. Or Dave Chappelle:

"I didn't know I couldn't do that."

[texastoast]

105. Welcome!

Right. Bush is definitely not smarter than a fifth grader.

:hi:

[wizstars]

110. The line from 'Billy Jack" comes to mind: "when policemen break the law...

...then there isn't any law--just a fight for survival."

ITMFA!!! :mad: :mad: F'in' :mad: !!!

[damntexdem]

22. Now we're going to move on and leave this treason behind us.

We certainly hope that the furor over our treasonous actions has run its course, likewise the furor over our obstruction of justice.

[Beam Me Up]

23. Why do we bother having laws if they are unenforceable?

If one President can be above the law, why can't all President's be above the law?

Better yet, if one man can be above the law, why can't all men be above the law?

If the government doesn't have to obey the law, why should we obey the law?

If criminals are going to run the world, why, then, who needs laws or governments? Lets just accept what was once classified as "criminal" behavior as acceptable social interaction.

Every man/woman for his/her self. That's what it is coming down to.

[Javaman]

26. that is sooooo 20th century...

:rofl: or :cry: I can't decide.

[LibDemAlways]

34. The ordinary citizen fears the consequences of not

obeying the law, and thus mostly tries to stay out of trouble. I received a jury summons not long ago, and though it was a big pain in the ass - requiring that I drive 45 miles, arrange alternate child care, etc., I did it, mostly because the summons said that if I ignored it, I'd be breaking the law. When my husband, the safest driver I know, got a ticket for getting into the right-hand turn lane too early, a law of which he was not even aware, he paid a considerable fine and boned up on the DMV manual so he'd be better informed and stay out of future trouble.

The problem is there's one set of laws and consequences for the little people and another for the rich and powerful, particularly rich and powerful republicans.

They can do everything from prescription shopping,to visiting prostitutes, to soliciting teenagers over the internet, to lying to Congress, to lying the country into an unnecessary war, to admitting to treason..and get away with it - partly because the media whores cover for them, partly because the American people are lazy and willfully ignorant, and partly because the opposition party has no backbone or is afraid of getting an anthrax letter.

It's a terrible state of affairs.

[Javaman]

24. Just remember, "impeachment is not on the table"...

so now we have a fucking asshole treason harborer as a prez*.

I think we as a nation have finally hit bottom.

I'm still holding my breath for something to be done.

so please, let's have more hearings and subpoenas, c-span needs to boost its ratings.

like american idol, I'm waiting for congressional idol. It involves who of the congressional "leaders" can act more pissed off than the other.

Simon what do you say?

Simon, "well, I think that last contestant, looked really pissed but he wasn't indignant enough. But the shaming and the shaking of the head really made me believe him. I think he should go on to the next round".

[rodeodance]

29. Polesi initally said she wants the groundswell to come from the people-not

from a top down situation.

[Javaman]

32. That's nice but what the fuck else does she need when

this asshole* flagrantly defies the law and doesn't give a shit about treason.

[Wednesdays]

44. And when the masses are hypnotized by Fox News and

American Idol? :shrug:

[Javaman]

82. You know, I have about had it. It's such a damn joke.

It's now got to the point where as an American I feel personally insulted but this administration and all that go with it.

They think of us only as passively warm bodies that the come to every few years for our vote by selling us more bullshit.

Hell, they don't even need to do that anymore now that the voting machines are fixed.

[Vanje]

155. 54% want Cheney impeached

Aint that a groundswell?

[rodeodance]

25. 'Bush would not directly address answer a question about whether he is disappointed in the White Hou

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush;_ylt=Av9hBgtQbTpVyNVonWw8uGWs0NUE

Bush seeks to put Libby issue to rest

By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Thursday sought to put to rest the controversy over his decision to spare a top former White House official from going to jail, saying it was time to move on. He also called on the nation and skeptical lawmakers to stand with him on Iraq, despite a new report showing only mixed progress.
ADVERTISEMENT

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Bush acknowledged publicly for the first time that someone in his administration perhaps leaked her name to the news media. "And, you know, I've often thought about what would have happened had that person come forth and said, `I did it.' Would we have had this, you know, endless hours of investigation and a lot of money being spent on this matter?

Bush would not directly address answer a question about whether he is disappointed in the White House officials who leaked Plame's name.

The president had initially said he would fire anyone in his administration found to have publicly disclosed Plame's identity.

[rodeodance]

27. Bush could have Demanded this person step forward------but he didn't!

[LibDemAlways]

35. Of course not, because it was no doubt Cheney.

The arrogance of the bastard, secure in thinking he can walk away from this, is truly mind-blowing. Sadly, given the "impeachment is off the table" mindset of our "leaders," he's probably right. A very tragic day for this country.

[rodeodance]

31. AP: Bush seeks to put Libby issue to rest

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush ;_ylt=Av9hBgtQbTpVyNVonWw8uGWs0NUE

Bush seeks to put Libby issue to rest

By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

[Trillo]

30. The reason for communtation

could have been because Libby did precisely what he was told to do: Lie and obstruct.

Tell me again why we teach our children to be honest, and punish them, sometimes severely, when they are not?

[Barrett808]

33. So what's the Freeper reaction?

Are they nodding their heads sagely, or are they slightly perturbed?

[Larissa238]

38. Very little reaction

One person said "WTF... Over?" and another went hmm...

and that's about it.

[Barrett808]

39. You're a braver person than I!

Thanks for the 411.

[Larissa238]

43. I'm an ex-fundie. I've seen worse.

Update: A lot of them are saying Armitage confessed long ago, and that's who they are referring to.

Some wonder why this even made the press, since everyone knew it was Armitage.

One person called out Bush's political ineptitude, and how he opens his mouth at the wrong times.


BUT:

I'm at least glad to see freepers going "wtf" and such. Though they might be from our side. I know I'm not the only one from here who dares to go there.

[texastoast]

107. But you have washed since, right?

:evilgrin:

[Larissa238]

161. Yup. All good and dirty now ;)

I went from someone who would have voted for Bush in 2000 if I was of voting age ( I was 17 ) to someone who voted for Kerry.

Let me tell you, it was a long journey. I want to go back to religion eventually, but in moderation this time.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

36. The man's a turd

[pacalo]

40. We. Are. Above. The. Law.

And. We'll. Get. Away. With. It.

And now we're going to move on.

[WhiteTara]

41. I called the WH comment line

202 456 1111
I told the operator that I was from Wyoming...enthusiastically she said she could take my comments she said and then I told her that although George might think he was moving on, but we the people were NOT and that we would not move on until he was indicted, tried and found guilty of crimes against humanity at the Hague.

She couldn't get off the line fast enough after that.

[lies and propaganda]

46. IMPEACH!!!

If this isnt enough I dont know what is!

[paparush]

Bush: Yes, we broke the law. We're moving on. Get over it.

Source: MSNBC

Bush admits administration leaked CIA name
President hopes to move past furor over Libby sentence commutation

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Thursday acknowledged publicly for the first time that someone in his administration likely leaked the name of a CIA operative, although he also said he hopes the controversy over his decision to spare prison for a former White House aide has "run its course."

"And now we're going to move on," Bush said in a White House news conference.

The president had initially said he would fire anyone in his administration found to have publicly disclosed the identity of Valerie Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and a CIA operative. Ten days ago, Bush commuted the 30-month sentence given to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby by a federal judge in connection with the case.

<<snip>>
"I'm aware of the fact that perhaps somebody in the administration did disclose the name of that person," Bush said. "I've often thought about what would have happened if that person had come forth and said, 'I did it.' Would we have had this endless hours of investigation and a lot of money being spent on this matter? But, so, it's been a tough issue for a lot of people in the White House. It's run its course and now we're going to move on."

He also defended the decision to commute Libby's sentence. "The Scooter Libby decision was, I thought, a fair and balanced decision," Bush said.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19728346/

[Bread and Circus]

48. "It's been tough for a lot of us in the White House"...

I love how he acts like they are the victims but that they are big enough to move on.

The bizarre thing is that they are all going to get away with this and President HRC is going to seal the records for 75 years.

[nebenaube]

52. 75 yrs.... really? then it was MIHOP fer sure! n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

69. The "Don't kick a man when he's down" defense.

[ananda]

49. Let's call it treason!

That's what it was.

[maxsolomon]

50. so he's resigning?

that's what "we're going to move on" means, right?

:sarcasm:

[southerncrone]

58. to "spend more time w/his family" . PARTY ON!

[underpants]

51. There are only three circumstances when you CAN'T question W

The following outlines when it is NOT acceptable to criticize the Bush administration

You can criticize Bush* at any time other than the follow:

BEFORE he completely screws up. That is being an "obstructionist".

WHILE he is completely screwing up or WHILE he is covering up the screw up. That is "not offering positive alternatives"

AFTER he screws up. That is "Monday morning quarterbacking" or "revisionist history"** take your pic.

___________________________________________

*let's assume that, for brevity, that he has an actual function and is actually in charge***.

** see "Links to terrorism/WMD/a threat" changing to "freedom is on the march".

**** relax, we know he isn't at least we PRAY**** he isn't.

****even evil godless communist liberal types are willing to say a few words on bended knee just in case. OH PLEASE GOD NO... that sort of thing.

[Adsos Letter]

53. "...a lot of money being spent on this matter."?!!!

...and, um, just exactly how much is being spent on our current military "adventures" worldwide? Something like 100k per minute?

And how much was spent on investigating Bill Clinton? Something to the tune of $60,000,000 ? And it turned up...what?

[5X]

54. Can we impeach yet?

[rhiannon55]

55. Hey Georgie, you really ARE as stupid as you look

<<<"I've often thought about what would have happened if that person had come forth and said, 'I did it.' Would we have had this endless hours of investigation and a lot of money being spent on this matter?...">>>

No, you fucking moron! If that person had come forth and said 'I did it', we wouldn't have NEEDED to spend money on endless hours of investigation. But you OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE by not allowing that person to tell the truth. What part of YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF, YOU TREASONOUS IDIOT do you not understand?

Jesus fucking christ! :mad:

[Cha]

62. I think bushit is even more STUPID

than he looks and that's hard to do.

[DeeDeeNY]

56. Where have I heard those words before?

"Fair and balanced". Oh that's right, his propaganda outlet, Faux News.

[Felinity]

57. Kick and only the first Rec?

This simpleton has no concept of the law, the function of government, or the sanctity of human life.

Next: "Well hell yeah we orchestrated 9/11--but we sure got your attention! Let's move on".

[Amonester]

83. Yeah. "Let's move on to the "new Nine Elev'n" my bro and his...

co-conspirators -my veepee, dic-k chainy included- R about to post on their PNAC shite."

"There are too many annoying Hearings in that Congress building, ya know? Who needs it? I am the decider after all. Move on!!"

Note
To Agent Mike: I Hope I Am Wrong so go f*ck yourself... hmmm...Better yet: Arrest These Psychotic Lawbreakers (bu$che/chainy).

[Felinity]

91. How about

Yeah, Clinton got a blow job. Let's move on.

When it's about Democrats and sex, the Thugs will never move on. They get off on talking about it.

[PoconoPragmatist]

101. Yeah

That's because they never get it without having to pay for it, and they are jealous as hell!

[Cha]

59. That's just one of many

ways the bushits have broken the rule of law.

Recommended~

If the little coward thinks this country is getting over anything they've done to us they're going to find suddenly we do have a long memory.

[Independent_Liberal]

60. Remember when Nixon told the American people they should put Watergate behind them?

Very similar tactics here.

[endarkenment]

61. Well then sir, with all due respect

you ought to call your chief of staff in and have him tell you who leaked this information about a covert cia agent, and have that person fired, and of course you refer that person and the information obtained to the DOJ for criminal prosecution. If your CoS will not tell you, then you fire him and ask the next in line the same question, and you keep going until you get to the bottom of it. That would be your responsibility sir, both ethically and by law and by the oath of office you swore. Fucknut.

[Amonester]

88. Remember when commander cookoo-bananas said he was determined

to "get to the bottom of it."

So, that was just another LiE.

Don't worry. Nobody will notice.

Nobody will do anything about it.

EVERYBODY (except DU) Will Move On.

[AndyTiedye]

63. Time to Move Impeachment Back Onto the Table

[HughMoran]

64. When is this damned criminal going to jail anyway?

Why is it OK to break the law when you are a Republican?

Will somebody please explain why Republicans get a pass WRT treason?

I thought it was punishible by death?

[Vidar]

65. K&R.

[Lugnut]

66. Outrageous!

It's been a tough issue for the White House? What about Valerie Plame and her family? What about the agents whose identities were compromised by this treasonous betrayal? What more in God's name will it take to end this corrupt to the core administration? I feel like I'm living in a bad dream. :grr:

[frogcycle]

68. George Orwell could not have succeeded if he had written this story

it is so far beyond the pale it is incomprehensible. "Bad dream", "Through the Looking Glass", whatever metaphor you try to use, it does not do it justice.

[LibDemAlways]

77. If a Hollywood screenwriter came up with this scenario

and tried to pitch it to the suits, he/she would either be laughed out of the office or berated for wasting the exec's time.

It's just incomprehensible that an American President can publically use the Constitution as toilet paper, admitting no less than treason, and it's business as usual in the country.

[CGowen]

67. perhaps? I think you are not telling the truth, Bush.

Witnesses told a federal grand jury President George W. Bush knew about, and took no action to stop, the release of a covert CIA operative's name to a journalist in an attempt to discredit her husband, a critic of administration policy in Iraq.

Their damning testimony has prompted Bush to contact an outside lawyer for legal advice because evidence increasingly points to his involvement in the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame's name to syndicated columnist Robert Novak.

http://web.archive.org/web/20040607032530/http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_4629.shtml

[socretes73]

47. Cowardly COVERUP of Traitorous Treason

and Bush and Cheney were behind it all from the get-go.

I DARE CALL IT TREASON!

[skypilot]

70. From the horses mouth.

This should shut up all those wing-nuts who are saying that Plame was not covert. Her identity could not be "leaked"--as Bush himself is now describing it--if she wasn't covert. It should be interesting to see how they twist their brains into knots over this one.

[niyad]

72. HOPE whatever you want, you treasonous bastard--WE do NOT forgive or forget what the liars, thieves,

thugs and murderers of this maladministration have done, and are continuing to do. you may think you are completely in control, but I wouldn't count on it, you worthless waste of skin and oxygen.


quetion: is it just me, or have others noticed that the facial and shoulder tics and sneering smirks have become much worse in the last week or so?

[derby378]

73. And now WE'RE going to move on THE WHITE HOUSE

Congress? Anybody? We are going to pressure Herr Decider to keep opening his mouth about this, aren't we? Please?!?

[donkeyotay]

74. The leaker in chief is now the obstructor in chief

I swear, I thought I must have imagined all this, but google and see for yourself. Here's a link from a William Rivers Pitt article in April 2006:

Representative Jane Harman, ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, made the following statement on Thursday. "Leaking classified information to the press when you want to get your side out or silence your critics is not appropriate. The reason we classify things is to protect our sources - those who risk their lives to give us secrets. Who knows how many sources were burned by giving Libby this 'license to leak?' If I had leaked the information, I'd be in jail. Why should the President be above the law?"

"The President has the legal authority to declassify information," continued Harman, "but there are normal channels for doing so. Telling an aide to leak classified information to the New York Times is not a normal channel. A normal declassification procedure would involve going back to the originating agency, such as the CIA, and then putting out a public, declassified version of the document. I am stunned that the President won't tell the full the Intelligence Committee about the NSA program because he's allegedly concerned about leaks, when it turns out that he is the Leaker-in-Chief."


http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/59/18927

Here's the Christian Science Monitor:


It was in Libby's grand jury testimony, revealed publicly for the first time in the government filing, that the former White House official stated that Bush had approved Cheney's instruction to reveal portions of a classified prewar National Intelligence Estimate that they believed would bolster the administration's argument that Iraq was seeking to develop nuclear weapons. At least three reporters received that information: then-New York Times reporter Judith Miller, author Bob Woodward, and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine.

On July 18, 2003, after those three had been privately briefed, the administration publicly declassified much of the document. A striking aspect of the administration's private dissemination effort is that the information Cheney and Libby put forth - regarding efforts by Iraq to acquire uranium from Niger - had already been widely discredited within the administration.

In his filing, Fitzgerald described a "concerted effort" by top White House officials, with Cheney at the heart, to "discredit, punish, or seek revenge against" Ambassador Wilson.

Even if Bush turns out to have been a bit player in an effort to discredit Wilson, he is now explicitly tied to the decision to selectively disseminate classified information. Whether that constitutes a "leak" is a matter of semantics.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0410/p01s03-uspo.html

So bush, the dismal failure who should resign, had a direct role in the crime for which Scooter was convicted and whose sentence he commuted.

[donkeyotay]

158. Bush was the leaker. The lying little prick KNOWS who "someone" was

and has given a middle finger to the American people by playing this big game of "getting the leaker". Bush authorized the leak, and then commuted Libby's sentence for obstructing the investigation into who leaked. It was bush, and if he didn't break the law on the outing because he's the president, he certainly broke the record on the COMPLETE FRAUD that he committed on the public. He's a serial liar.

It was in Libby's grand jury testimony, revealed publicly for the first time in the government filing, that the former White House official stated that Bush had approved Cheney's instruction to reveal portions of a classified prewar National Intelligence Estimate...

[MissMillie]

76. Where is Harry "The Buck Stops Here" Truman?

A man who promised to restore honor and integrity should claim responsibility for what happens in his White House.

[amb123]

78. IMPEACH!!!

The "President" has just admitted that he, Cheney and the ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION HAS COMMITTED TREASON!

IMPEACH! IMPEACH! IMPEACH!

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[Pacifist Patriot]

79. Surreal. It's all f---ing surreal.

[ProudDad]

85. Oh yeah...

We're going to move on :sarcasm:

We're going to move on impeaching your sorry ass -- and the "scooter get-out-of-jail-free", quid-pro-quo card will be one of the counts...

[JHB]

86. Yes, lets move on...

...to the next step: impeachment for the Federal felony of exposing an undercover CIA operative.

Wrecking an entire antinuclear proliferation operation isn't a DiWi, your Squandership. It has consequences.

[racaulk]

90. In other words, "Yeah, you caught us, we commited treason. Sorry about that."

:eyes:

This is absolutely unreal and fucking outrageous!!! Can we impeach YET?!?!?

[milord]

92. let's move on

it beggars belief, what this idiot gets away with. WHEN is someone going to put a stop to the bush parade of crimes? The man isn't fit to draw breath. If ever there was an impeachable president, it's this one, yet no one is doing anything about it. Why not?!!!!

[PoconoPragmatist]

103. Because

HE'S A REPUBLICAN!! Ain't'cha figgered that one out yet??

Hell, if a Democrat did this, they'd be impeached faster than you can fart and say Mississippi.

[WindRavenX]

93. "Yes, yes I did trample on the law and I don't give a shit. What of it?"

God I hate him.

[Control-Z]

95. "And now we're going to move on,"

Hello?

[Divine Discontent]

106. EXACTLY!

sorry W, that aint' how it works - you don't get to say "we're going to move on"... my goodness, TODAY is the day they should be starting impeachment preceedings does ANYONE KNOW A CONGRESSMAN PERSONALLY???? They have to call them and ask them to get with Nancy Pelosi and ask why aren't we seeking impeachment immediately from the president's admission his own staff outed the CIA agent, committing treason!?


www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<--- top '08 items & antib*sh stickers!

[Wapsie B]

96. Will someone please give this asshole a blowjob so we can impeach?

Just exactly what the hell has to happen for people like Pelosi to get off their collective asses and do something about this? This not something that can go unpunished. I do not want to hear about political expediency and how we do not have the votes for this or that. If we let this one slide it'll only prove what the political fringes have believed for years, that the entire system is one big con game, and both major parties are in on it.

[PoconoPragmatist]

97. Someone??

Two words:

Richard
Armitage

[Vinca]

98. And exactly why haven't impeachment proceedings begun???

Oh . . . right . . . we need a volunteer to go under the desk.

[roxnev]

99. would some one please

Tell Bush, It is a crime to out a CIA spy. But it is hard to hold Bush responsible for any thing, the Republican party refuses to hold him to any law. I truly believe that he could walk out and shoot a Democrat senator and the republican Party would think him justified.

what we need to do is take our eyes off Bush and look at the Republican Senators and house members They uphold the scum bag Bush and let him pull off this shit

[texastoast]

102. You would think, wouldn't you?

And welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Canuckistanian]

114. A remarkably concise, valid argument

If not for the obstructionist Republican tactics, impeachment for the crime of outing Plame would have started by now.

Both Cheney and Bush are complicit. What's the hold-up here?

Welcome to DU, roxnev.

:toast:
:hi:

[Ian David]

108. He didn't say he would fire them. He said they would no longer work for him...

and he would "take care of" them.

And Libby has been well taken care of.

[holboz]

111. I'M SICK OF BEING TOLD TO "MOVE ON"

Moving on after the 2000 election got us in this mess to begin with.

IMPEACH!

[holboz]

112. Sorry for immediate second post - I AM OUTRAGED!

For this pompous stupid ass to tell us to move on when treason has been committed truly shows what a fecking dimwit doogleberry he is.

IMPEACH! IMPEACH IMPEACH!

We are truly in a Constitutional crisis of the most severe magnitude.

I can't wait to see Olberman tonight!!

[populistdriven]

115. ROVE is RUBBING our FACES in his DIRT

[3waygeek]

116. Tomorrow, he'll appoint

OJ Simpson to find the "real leaker".

[sellitman]

117. Has Move On .Org changed hands or has this rat bastard just co-opted the name?

TREASON has reared it's head in the oval office and it's time this crime family is removed for the good of the Republic!
:grr: :grr:

[Vidar]

118. The charge for impeachment now becomes treason.

[marmar]

122. My administration leaked the name of a CIA agent......

Started a war based on lies and killed 3,600+ troops and goodness knows how many hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, illegally wiretapped and spied on citizens, left 1,000+ people to drown in New Orleans, gave away billions to the drug companies with this fraud Medicare prescription benefit, ignored the memo that 9/11 was on its way, made appointments based on political allegiance and not qualifications, willfully kicked African Americans and Latinos off the voter rolls, stolen two elections and generally fucked this country over.
But let's move on....

FUCK YOU! Rot in Hades! IMPEACH, INDICT, CONVICT AND WATERBOARD THESE BASTARDS! Every last one of them.

:grr: :mad: :argh:

[classysassy]

123. The bully

is daring the weak kneed dems to impeach him.

[rodeodance]

125. Bush did not address the 'moral' part of the question. I do not think he is

capable of doing so.

[Danger Mouse]

126. 'Okay, we did it. Are you happy? I admit.'

'Are we done here? Why is everyone still angry? I SAID sorry!'
:crazy:

[badgervan]

127. "And Now We're Going to Move On"

No, Decider, we are not. The great majority of us want answers, and we want them NOW. This guy is just unbelievable in his arrogant conceit!

[electron_blue]

128. Bush can do whatever the heck he wants

If he admitted he was the one who outed Plame, I doubt anythign would come of it. He wants to move on and we probably will, which is the sad truth.

Or does someone think this actually has traction?

[Flabbergasted]

129. He really is a moron. Good God.

[gulliver]

131. Bush didn't say "he hopes" anything.

These damned journalists keep rewriting the assholishness out of Bush's damaged character. Here is what Bush actually said. See anything about hoping in it?

I'm aware of the fact that perhaps somebody in the administration did disclose the name of that person, and I've often thought about what would have happened had that person come forth and said, I did it. Would we have had this, you know, endless hours of investigation and a lot of money being spent on this matter? But it's been a tough issue for a lot of people in the White House, and it's run its course and now we're going to move on.

So Bush said not that he hopes it has run its course but that it has run its course. He decided it is over, so it's over. What gives these journalists the right to hide Bush's arrogance? It ain't over.

And the quote above is an outrage. The worst thing about this according to Bush is the "endless hours of investigation and a lot of money being spent on this matter." Not that a CIA agent's name was leaked, her career destroyed, and a still-undetermined amount of damage was done to national security. He's not sorry the leak came from his administration. He's sorry it was caught doing so. The above quote makes that clear.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070712-5.html

[followthemoney]

133. Bush declared that Enron was a business scandal and not a political scandal

And that was good enough for the capitalist media. Let's not forget when the dictator says it's over, it's over. It's a shame that so many people are still mental slaves to this moron.

[LibDemAlways]

134. Agreed that this is an outrage - one of the most

arrogant, egregious statements ever made by a US "President." And is the media even covering it? Barely. Even Keith made it Story #2 tonight and didn't, IMHO, really get to the heart of the matter. Here was the chimp, pompous piece of shit, rambling on about the deliberate outing of a CIA agent by his administration as having become some sort of inconvenient pain-in-the-ass nuisance - not because its a goddamn serious crime, but because it was investigated at all. And now he's moving on.

I hope the populice rises up and demands that Pelosi and Co. move on to impeachment. Not to impeach at this point would mean our entire system of government has failed.

[HughSeries]

137. This is Old News

Get over it. Why do you hate America?

[Don1]

138. but...but....but

He's the Urinary Executor!

[Fire Walk With Me]

139. I scream, you scream, we all scream.

Let them hear us.

[Catfight]

141. Impeach. Time for the lawless lame duck to go. nt

[sakabatou]

142. Impeach

[sfwriter]

143. Bush admits administration leaked CIA name

Source: MSNBC / AP

Updated: 11:47 a.m. CT July 12, 2007
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Thursday acknowledged publicly for the first time that someone in his administration likely leaked the name of a CIA operative, although he also said he hopes the controversy over his decision to spare prison for a former White House aide has "run its course."

"And now we're going to move on," Bush said in a White House news conference.

The president had initially said he would fire anyone in his administration found to have publicly disclosed the identity of Valerie Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and a CIA operative. Ten days ago, Bush commuted the 30-month sentence given to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby by a federal judge in connection with the case.

.....

"I'm aware of the fact that perhaps somebody in the administration did disclose the name of that person," Bush said. "I've often thought about what would have happened if that person had come forth and said, 'I did it.' Would we have had this endless hours of investigation and a lot of money being spent on this matter? But, so, it's been a tough issue for a lot of people in the White House. It's run its course and now we're going to move on."

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19728346/

---

So let's get this straight. Yes it happened. Yes we did it. Yes I pardoned the man who kept anyone from knowing. Now move along...

This man has whale's testicals!

[Lasher]

144. We're moving on all right, but not like Junior wants.

Moving on to finding out more about who took part in this conspiracy.

[stillcool]

145. He should shut the fuck up...

his only purpose in opening his mouth seems to be to piss people off. I never thought I would be capable of so much hate for another human being....well....several.

[msongs]

146. he will keep doing this stuff until somebodies stand up to him and his dick...cheney nt

[Faux pas]

147. Whale's testicles (LOL) and a gnat's brain. Deadly combination. n/t

[MadMaddie]

148. The Dictator speaks.....Move along insignificant American citizens

The Republicans can break any laws and will get a free ride from the Decider.

[lovuian]

149. Isn't he getting more and more arrogant

isn't it sad that we had a huge trial and now he admits it

[Jack Rabbit]

150. So who got fired for it, Frat Boy?

Didn't you say you were going to fire whoever?

Of course, you also said you were going to bring in Osama dead or alive and that Saddam was seeking uranium in Africa.

[Rage for Order]

151. Bush dismisses CIA leak as old news

Source: AP

President Bush always said he would wait to talk about the CIA leak case until after the investigation into his administration's role. On Thursday, he skipped over that step and pronounced the matter old news hardly worth discussing.

"It's run its course," he said. "Now we're going to move on."

snip

"I've often thought about what would have happened had that person come forth and said, `I did it,'" Bush said, despite the fact that Armitage and perhaps the others did just that.

In the beginning stages of the case, Bush said, "I want to know the truth," and pledged to fire anyone found to have leaked. As the investigation wore on, he expressed more weariness than outrage, saying only that someone who "committed a crime" would be fired and calling the case "background noise" he had to ignore.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070713/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

---

His arrogance never ceases to amaze me. Hey Mr. Bush - go Cheney yourself.

[Grey]

152. It's TREASON.....

plain and simple.

[tridim]

153. How is he going to get out of the Wilson's civil trial?

No doubt he'll try.

[MaineDem]

154. Now watch this swing...

This man is literally going to make my head explode!

I can't imagine that statement won't be used in the civil trial. It also proves that Bush is a liar. He fired no one from the White House over this as he promised.

[mvd]

156. Now we have an admission that there was treason

Impeach! As if instead of healing the country, planning the Iraq invasion on Sept. 12 wasn't enough.

[Megahurtz]

159. Now THAT'S Real "National Security" For Ya!

:sarcasm:

[Disturbed]

160. "someone in his administration likely leaked"

Busholini did not say absolutely and he did not name any possible leaker. This matter is not closed. Congress needs to find out who committed this Treason.