Bush is fine with having suspected criminals working at the.....

[whistle]

...highest levels of his government. To be under investigation, arrested, prosecuted and then found guilty is what a convicted leaker is. So Bush is now saying that he stands behind KKKarl Rove, his top adviser right up until that moment allowing this man to retain all powers and authority.

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Bush now says any convicted leaker would be fired

Ken Herman
Cox News Service
Jul. 19, 2005 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON - President Bush said Monday that any White House staffer who committed a crime in the leak of a CIA agent's identity would be fired, a change in position that could allow top aide Karl Rove to stay on the job even if he was involved in the disclosure.

Rove, as well as Vice President Cheney aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, have been identified by a reporter as his confidential sources for a report he wrote in July 2003 concerning undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame, wife of Bush critic Joseph Wilson.

The White House, through spokesman Scott McClellan, previously said anyone involved in the leak would be fired. "I would like this to end as quickly as possible so we know the facts, and if someone committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration," Bush said.

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"And I think it's best that people wait until the investigation is complete before you jump to conclusions," Bush said. "And I will do so as well. . . . I want to know all the facts. The best place for the facts to be done is by somebody who's spending time investigating it."



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[LonelyLRLiberal]

1. and why not - all of them are criminals

and the Bush administration is a criminal enterprise.

[bowens43]

2. He's fine with having CONVICTED criminals

working in the administration.

Elliot Abrams and John Poindexter for example (not to mention that both cheney and bush have been convicted of crimes).

[whistle]

4. You are right I forgot about those little publicized facts....

[ClintonTyree]

3. They're not suspected criminals..........

they're self admitted criminals. Why bush still has them on the payroll is quite telling as to who he cares more about; Rove and Libby or the citizens of The United States.