Gergen: 'There's a lot more to know' in CIA leak case (AP/CNN) {peg your BS meter}

[eppur_se_muova]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A top White House aide from past administrations speculates that some of the facts in the CIA leak case may never come to light, even with the conclusion of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's perjury trial.

"What I do think is clear is that there's a lot more to know," White House veteran David Gergen said Tuesday. "And there had to be a reason why the defense attorney did not put Scooter Libby and the vice president on the stand."
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"This is an administration that has been mostly free of scandal{sic!!!!!!!!} over the last six years and now{?!?} they have the taint that they cannot erase," he said. "It has damaged this White House, and I think it's damaged the Republican prospects for 2008 in taking the White House and keeping it."

Asked Wednesday whether the conviction broke his promise to bring honor back to the White House, President Bush declined to answer.

"This is an ongoing legal matter. ... At this time it's inappropriate for me or the administration to be issuing comments on this serious matter," Bush said in an interview with CNN en Español.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/07/cia.leak/index.html

Bold and {} mine.

Time to start handing out the awards for creative imagineering -- "mostly scandal free"?!?!?

Bu**sh**, of course, avoids answering a yes-or-no question by acting like he was asked about something else. The question is simple: Did he break his promise, or did he restore honor to the WH? Which is it? (Hint: only one answer is remotely believable)

[mod mom]

1. "This is an administration that has been mostly free of scandal" WTF, this administration

came to power as a scandal-election theft!

[tridim]

5. Yep, non-stop scandals even before he took office

and multiple, overlapping scandals since then. Each one equal to or worse in scope than the previous.

Gergen is delusional if he doesn't see that.

[Virginia Dare]

2. This has been an administration that covers their asses well..n/t

[Kagemusha]

3. With all due respect to Gergen, let me say this.

There was a famous saying by Democrats of the Bill Clinton era that NOT ONE high official of the Clinton administration was ever convicted for any felony in any court of law.

Well, the Bush administration can't lay any claim to that.

[tridim]

6. Gergen is due respect?

Not from where I sit. He deserves nothing but ridicule.

[Bluestar]

7. Gergen always tries to portray himself as non-partisan

But in truth, he is a right-wing tool. He dances and dances around every issue, so careful as not to offend. He has no integrity and he is only interested in preserving his so-called reputation as an administration insider From both administrations?? haha, not possible.

[grasswire]

9. He's a Yalie

And his daughter is a Yalie.

[Uncle Joe]

4. Gergen must have some really wicked smoke there. n/t

[peacetalksforall]

8. Gergen is a joke. Make that right wing joke. Time to start pushing

Brewster-Jennings again, plus Khan.

Libby was Marc Rich's lawyer - one of the crimes that he was pardoned for was illegal trading in arms to Iran?

We need to know how much money went in to the pockets of Libby and Cheney from sales of stuff to Iran.