Bush Admits He Authorized Declassifying Intel to Discredit Joe Wilson

National Journal:

President Bush told the special prosecutor in the CIA leak case that he directed Vice President Dick Cheney to personally lead an effort to counter allegations made by former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV that his administration had misrepresented intelligence information to make the case to go to war with Iraq, according to people familiar with the president’s statement…

Bush also said during his interview with prosecutors that he had never directed anyone to disclose the identity of then-covert CIA officer Valerie Plame, Wilson’s wife. Bush said he had no information that Cheney had disclosed Plame’s identity or directed anyone else to do so.

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In the real world, wouldn’t this be an act of treason that could cause a President to be impeached? If there were still such a thing as the real world. We are far away from home.

BUSH the S O B is responsible for EVERYTHING! HEY we had a REPUG – senate and house and CLINTON got IMPEACHED over his little DICK!!!! what the HELL why can’t the REPUGS try this S O B over breaking over 750 LAWS – O I know -I forgot!! THEY ARE REPUGS TO AND JUST AS ROTTEN AND DIRTY!!!!

Bush Admits He Authorized Declassifying Intel to Discredit Joe Wilson

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