Matt Cooper’s article on the Plame Affair in the July 17, 2003, issue of Time Magazine was titled, “A War on Wilson?”
We now know that the answer is “yes.” We learned today that Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff, Scooter Libby, testified that President Bush authorized him to reveal classified documents related to this matter to New York Times reporter Judith Miller.
We also learned that the secret documents had been cherry-picked to bolster the president’s case and discredit Wilson, while information that ran counter to the president’s assertions was omitted from what Miller was shown.
And just as a side note: In every news package on this story I saw today on CNN and MSNBC, the reporters are quick to say, and with 100 percent assurance, that the president did not break any laws in authorizing the release of the classified information.
That may be so, but it is alarming, after all the shenanigans coming from this White House, that the media is still so quick to absolve them of wrongdoing.
IF we still have any highly skilled covert NOC agents left (they have been leaving in droves since the appointment of Porter Goss and his merry band of cronies), at least they now know for sure that Bush will sell them out in a heartbeat for the flimsiest reason of all – political expediency.
No torture required, if they OR THEIR SPOUSE, piss off Fearful Leader and his Republican Guard, they’re outathere!
Damn the consequences of selling out the country, someone said something that had the “potential” to embarrass our Fearful Leader, and that alone is enough!