DU Check in: I just learned about WHIG make sure you know too

[usregimechange]

"White House Iraq Group, or WHIG, a task force assigned to 'educate the public' about the threat from Hussein."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A39500-2003Aug9?language=printer

Libby and Rove were both in WHIG and both were involved in the Plame leak. Guys this was either cordinated or one heck of a coincidence.

Days after Wilson's NYT oped these guys were talking to reporters about his wife and disclosing her CIA status.

[Greeby]

1. Hmm

WHIG = This administration's CREEP?

:hide:

[Stinky The Clown]

2. There are no coincidences

[rateyes]

3. Carville's wife...

Mary Matalin is a part of that group. Oh, the tangled web we weave...

[oldtime dfl_er]

8. and Karen Hughes as well

This whole group has blood on their hands.

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/702950

[hootinholler]

4. The WHIG was set up to

serve as the vessel into which the OSP could pour unrefined intel into the West Wing, while Cheney was likely directing the operation.

More in this thread.

-Hoot

[benddem]

5. This probably is a lot bigger

according to Fineman (Newsweek)http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8600327/site/newsweek/ Wilson had been shopping his story around Washington for months with no takers. SO they knew about Wilson's story and his anger for some time. They had lots of time to come up with her identity and to develop the "story" and plan. Remember how Condi acted after Wilson's editorial? She wsa just sure that info never reached her level in the white house..."maybe in the bowels of the organization"?
They are all liars LIARS. I hope the repugs catch on soon.

[dajoki]

11. NYT article shows powell had memo about leak on AF1

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/16/politics/16memo.html?th&emc=th

[wallwriter]

6. Prison. Prison for all of them, I say.

[shraby]

7. Most of the members of WHIG were on Air

Force One on that Africa trip along with Powell and that memo.

[longship]

9. This is WHIG

I've posted this several times this past week. Here it is again.

White House Iraq Group
Put together by Andrew Card

Condaleeza Rice, security chief
Stephen J. Hadley, deputy to Ms. Rice
Karl Rove -- Bush senior political advisor, deputy WH chief of staff
I. Lewis Libby, Cheney chief of staff
Nicholas E. Calio, WH legislative liason
Karen Hughes, WH communication strategist
Mary Matalin, WH communication strategist
James R. Wilkinson, WH communication strategist

Some also place Ari Fleischer in this group, but documentation is sketchy on that.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

10. Lawrence O'Donnell was talking about

the WHIG on Franken's show. He's pretty sure they're all in on the leak.