White House Still Silent on Rove Evidence

[tuvor]

By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The White House is suddenly facing damaging evidence that it misled the public by insisting for two years that presidential adviser Karl Rove wasn't involved in leaking the identity of a female
CIA officer.

President Bush, at an Oval Office photo opportunity Tuesday, was asked directly whether he would fire Rove — in keeping with a pledge in June, 2004, to dismiss any leakers in the case. The president did not respond.

For the second day, White House press secretary Scott McClellan refused to answer questions about Rove.

Rove told Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper that the woman "apparently works" for the CIA and that she had authorized her husband's trip to Africa to assess allegations that
Iraq was trying to obtain yellowcake uranium for nuclear weapons, according to a July 11, 2003, e-mail by Cooper obtained by Newsweek magazine.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cia_leak_investigation;_ylt=AiNaZtplCse1kPKOLpliKIADW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[Richardo]

1. President reportedly stuck his fingers in his ears; started singing loudly

LALALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU LALALALALALALALA

[wallwriter]

2. Ah, silence. Sometimes more articulate than words...

[BOSSHOG]

4. Yeah, ole george and non answer

I'm either going to fire him or not fire him or think about it. Instead, silence. bush's best moment. Great show of support for turd blossom huh?

As Keith Whitely would say "You say it best, when you say nothing at all."

[tuvor]

5. Or always, in bush's case.

[librechik]

3. wait--it takes awhile to cook up a mess o potamia

the twisted lump of parsed lawyer-talk they will eventually come up with to excuse Rove's crime will be a masterpiece, I'm sure. However, it's a good thing the Pukkkes own the media--otherwise it would never get shown.


:popcorn:

[Mandate My Ass]

6. This sounds suspiciously like a lack of resolve

or a maybe flip flop. :eyes:

[MrBenchley]

7. "We don't know who done it, but we're going to fire him when we find out"

became

"It wasn't Karl Rove"

became

"Anyone who says it was Karl Rove is lying"

became

"We can't comment on whether it was Karl rove"

became

"All right, it was Karl Rove, but he didn't mention her by name"

What's next.?

"All right, Karl Rove mentioned her by name, but it was because he had low blood sugar at the time"

By the way, pResident Weaksuck promised to fire whoever did it....

So this means either:

--pResident Weaksuck hasn't got the balls to confront Karl Rove;
--pResident Weaksuck doesn't rank high enough in his own administration to fire Karl Rove; OR
--pResident Weaksuck was in on it up to his neck...

[City Lights]

8. chimp, you can ignore this publicly all you want, but it ain't goin' away.

You got some 'splainin' to do.

[yellowcanine]

9. Rock, meet Hard Place. Heh.

[LibDemAlways]

10. Back in Nixon's day this was called

"Stonewalling." Ultimately, it didn't work. Two years ago the WH flat out denied Rove's involvement. I think at the very least the case is building for treason (Rove) and obstruction of justice (chimp). I only hope the media and Dems have the will and tenacity to keep the flames fanned.

[barb162]

12. The press conference yesterday was a big stonewall

[hughee99]

23. It seems like it's never really been government policy

to officially comment on the details of an ongoing investigation.

[gratuitous]

11. If Rove did nothing wrong, as the White House now asserts

Why didn't Rove tell Matt Cooper two years ago when the investigation into this started that Cooper could name Rove as his source? Instead, Rove let the investigation go on for months and months, he let the reporter who was protecting him as the source sweat out a subpoena and a protracted court fight for months and months, and he let Snottie McClellan go out and lie to the American people.

If he hasn't done anything wrong, as the White House now claims, then why didn't Rove come out at the first opportunity and say, "Yeah, I told Matt Cooper and Judy Miller about Ambassador Wilson's wife" and avoid all the time, trouble and expense of the investigation?

There'll probably be a new rationale in 24 to 48 hours, I expect, so this question has a very short shelf life. I hope someone thinks to ask it soon.

[dbt]

13. If the Regime will lie about Rove,

what the fuck ELSE will they lie about?

:popcorn:

[SpiralHawk]

14. AWOL, WMD, Global Warming, 9/11...you want I should go on?

I do not have all day to list the lies

[Barrett808]

15. "False allegations out there that Cheney sent Wilson to Niger"? WTF?

"There were false allegations out there that Vice President Cheney sent Wilson to Niger and that Wilson had reported back to Cheney about his trip to Niger. Neither was true."

Luskin's claiming that that Cheney didn't send Wilson? That doesn't seem too likely to fly.

[Cicero]

27. Well, the Senate Select committee did find that it was Plame...

...that put together the trip. That's not to say that Cheney or Tenet didn't ultimately sign off, and then furiously backtrack when the results weren't to their liking.

Later,

[Barrett808]

28. Well, yes, but on her own initiative?

Was she authorized to make a decision like that?

[FormerRepublican]

30. Actually, Cheney asked some particular questions about Niger...

...and Iraq attempting to buy Uranium. It was decided that the former ambassador to Gabon (Wilson) should be sent. CIA couldn't remember exactly how that came about, but they know his wife 'offered up his name' via a memo. She was not involved in the decision, but she did talk to him when the decision was made.

What Republicans fail to acknowledge in their smear of Wilson is that the CIA sent Wilson previously to Niger on their behalf. So, in effect, they were merely doing what they had done before when they needed info on Niger.

http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/iraq/sic70904iraqrpt-2.pdf

[Barrett808]

32. Thanks for the clarification

Also, that's a great link.

[Barrett808]

33. And welcome to DU, FormerRepublican!

:hi:

[onehandle]

16. White House Still Not Talking About Rove (Bush gets the question)

WASHINGTON - The White House is suddenly facing damaging evidence that it misled the public by insisting for two years that presidential adviser Karl Rove wasn't involved in leaking the identity of a female CIA officer.

President Bush, at an Oval Office photo opportunity Tuesday, was asked directly whether he would fire Rove — in keeping with a pledge in June, 2004, to dismiss any leakers in the case. The president did not respond.

For the second day, White House press secretary Scott McClellan refused to answer questions about Rove.

Unka Dick! What Do I Do!?

[livinginphotographs]

17. When did it go from "lied" to "mislead."

Just like Iraq, it wasn't "faulty intelligence" or "misleading," it was a frickin' lie.

[leftchick]

19. when clinton left office

and anytime any repuke lies it is misled.

[Eurobabe]

20. just add an extra "m, s, a"

that oughtta cover it.

[aquart]

18. Oh? When do we get today's transcript?

[wake.up.america]

21. Diversionary tactics are already in place...

This is going to very interesting the next few weeks, or maybe Bush could care less. pubic opinions don't mean a thing to dictators

[onehandle]

22. White House Still Not Talking About Rove (Bush gets the question)

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[maxrandb]

24. I'm Beginning to Think he Seriously

Believes this is a dictatorship, and he is the Supreme Dictator.

[lovuian]

25. George taking the 5th that is looking pretty suspicious Georgie

your about two years too late but how do you ask the guy who cheated your way into the whitehouse to resign

Its tough but maybe the public and Fitzgerald will just go away!!!

[bspence]

26. Wow, you KNOW they're f---ed

Bush has nothing to say? What were his exact words? How did he 'not respond'? He had to say SOMETHING!

I love watching them squirm. This is called schadenfreude, right? Love it.

[dArKeR]

29. Send Rove to Gitmo for torture. Get the info on the conspircy to spread

terrorism in the USA!

[maddezmom]

31. AFP: White House refuses to discuss future of Bush aide

~snip~

With Rove facing calls from Democrats to resign, Bush and White House spokesman Scott McClellan refused to answer questions about the White House deputy chief of staff.

Bush shrugged off questions from reporters about Rove as he finished a meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Asked whether the president has confidence in Rove, who is considered the mastermind of Bush's two stunning election wins, McClellan kept up the stonewalling.

"I know all these questions are coming up in the context of an investigation that continues at this point," he said, refusing to make any comment. McClellan had a bruising encounter with reporters Monday over the Rove affair.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050712/pl_afp/usmediapolitics_050712172520

[Catfight]

34. The WhiteHouse protects a traitor! I'm outraged. FIRE ROVE! nt

[Massachusetts]

35. "White House Still Silent on Rove Evidence"

Gee, I wonder how the Troops who are getting shot at, enduring miserable living conditions and missing their loved ones,FEEL ABOUT THEIR COMMANDER (Chimp), IN CHIEF?