Some White House Workers Turn Over Papers

[MoonAndSun]

<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&e=4&u=/ap/20031006/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak>



snip> WASHINGTON - About 200 of the 2,000 White House employees ordered to turn over documents in an investigation into the leak of an undercover CIA (news - web sites) officer's identity had done so by Monday morning.





I think AssKKKRoft purposely made Tuesday the date for WH to turn over records because he knew most of the TV coverage would be of the CA recall election. The SOB's know what the cable news will report.

[underpants]

1. "I've seen this movie before"

We will see in the coming months much foot dragging and deflections.

This "all pertinent documents" is very comparable to Saddam's 12,000 page document. Drown the investigators in a sea of paperwork, this will give them time to spin it to the public and hopefully diminish interest in it. We have to keep the pressure on to keep the pressure on.

This also is a means to sell to the public that the White House is fully cooperating AND they are trying to keep the FBI and Justice OUT of the actual White House . The "Hey we gave you everything pertinent!" spin is coming.

The obvious problem with that is that any investigation has to determine for themselves what is pertinent and to do that the have to have access to the actual site. Rove is going to get the punditriat to paint the FBI (especially) as overzealous and on a witchhunt.

I thought about this the other night when I saw how earnestly Fox was stressing the STRONG order coming from W. It's total BS but I think that is what they are trying to do.

[JNelson6563]

2. Remember the story in WP

about the senior admin. official who complained bitterly about the leakers? I wonder if they will see to it some evidence gets copied and turned into the DoJ. Copies retained for the real investigation we need to keep pushing for.

Julie

[zbdent]

3. Are they blacked out?

like the pages dealing with the Saudis, which the Saudis said "Go ahead and release the info!"?

[realFedUp]

4. Someone ought to check the garbage cans...

in the basement.