Karl Rove Book Exposes Lies of the Bush White House

[MinM]

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/05/karl-rove-book-getting-away-with-lying/?icid=main

I doubt this was Karl Rove's intention, but with his new book, he demonstrates how the Bush White House got away with lying.

Here's the back story. In September 2003, a furor erupted when the news emerged that the Justice Department had begun an investigation of the leak that outed undercover CIA case officer Valerie Plame Wilson. Several months earlier -- while her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, was slamming the Bush administration for having misled the nation into the Iraq war with a phony WMD argument -- two administration sources had told conservative columnist Robert Novak that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA. Novak published this information, and her cover was blown. (Valerie Wilson had managed a CIA unit that had been searching for evidence of WMDs in Iraq.) Under federal law, it is a felony for a government official to knowingly reveal information about a clandestine CIA officer. Consequently, the Justice Department investigation was a serious threat to Novak's sources and the White House.

With that firestorm underway, the Bush White House looked to douse some of the flames. At a dramatic press conference, White House press secretary Scott McClellan declared that Karl Rove, Bush's top strategist, was "not involved" in the Plame leak: "I've spoken with Karl about this matter. . . .There's no truth to the suggestion that he was." McClellan remarked, "If anyone in this administration was involved in it, they would no longer be in this administration." The next day, Bush echoed McClellan's comments about Rove: "I don't know of anybody in my administration who leaked classified information." Bush added, "If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the appropriate action."

But Rove had indeed leaked the information about Valerie Plame Wilson, and her employment at the CIA had been classified. He had shared the information with Novak and Matt Cooper, then of Time magazine. (Novak's other source was Richard Armitage, the deputy secretary of state.) So the White House had peddled false information. As McClellan noted in his memoir, that was because Rove had lied to him. And Rove stood by silently when McClellan subsequently told the world that Rove hadn't played any part in this caper.

But what happened when Bush found out about all this lying? Not much, according to Rove's book, which is due out on Tuesday. In the book, Rove recounts that at some point he told the president he had been one of Novak's sources for the Plame leak. How did Bush react? According to Rove, "Bush sounded a little annoyed." And that was it...

[Zoeisright]

1. Lying murderers.

That's what repukes are, in a nutshell. I hate those assholes.

[ixion]

2. The ONLY reason they're "getting away with it" is because

The Congress won't do it's job and investigate, and the Obama Admin is providing cover.

[Myrina]

3. + 1. Now we must ask "WHY" and dig for the answer ...

:(

[dem mba]

7. see "Ford pardons Nixon"

that's the "why". It's political cowardice, basically. They think it would harm the nation if they pursued justice, for some reason. It would hurt the GOP, and they would probably never forgive us, but so what? They despise us anyway.

[suzie]

12. Why do you blame the Obama Administration for the fact that the previous one

was filled with liars?

[indepat]

4. What do junior's eyes tell?

:P

[KansDem]

5. Let's see, what was it that Bush said about the Plame leak?

In the book, Rove recounts that at some point he told the president he had been one of Novak's sources for the Plame leak. How did Bush react? According to Rove, "Bush sounded a little annoyed." And that was it...

I do believe he said, http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/09/30/wilson.cia/">"If there's a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. If the person has violated law, that person will be taken care of."

Apparently "sounding annoyed" is "being taken care of." :eyes:

[unblock]

8. "being taken care of" is not a bad thing!

apparently he explicitly announced that he would coddle a criminal!

he only said it in a way that made us THINK he meant he would fire the leaker!

[Loge23]

6. Twist and shout

Rove is only muddying the waters even more now in an attempt to throw off anyone interested in finally uncovering the truth about the disastrous GWB administration.
This is really classic Rove - keep throwing out more and more BS and eventually it becomes the truth - even if that truth is virtually impossible to figure out.
Criminals - all of them.
...and a big F Y to the current administration for not pursuing this.

[JohnWxy]

9. RECOMMENDED!

[NecklyTyler]

10. Rove is just one of the Bush gang - he is cashing in with a book deal

Nothing will come of Rove's revelations. They only confirm what was already known, while simultaneously stirring up mud in the water. Half of Rove's book reveals the truth, half hides it; you get to decide which is which

[NecklyTyler]

11. K&R

[MisterP]

13. what's with the picture of Philip Seymour Hoffman with Will Ferrell? knr