The AP Headline is THE BOMB- "Report: Bush Authorized CIA Leak"

[spanone]

This is the headline that needs constant repeating by democrat after democrat after democrat. The fact that Bush* would compromise national security for politics. C'mon DEMS!!!!

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=78294

[madaboutharry]

1. I hope Oberman plays over and over

Bush lying to reporters about how he wants to get to the bottom of this.

[tridim]

5. He can juxtapose it with the Berlusconi/dry hump footage

and say something like, "Both of these guys have us 'bent over' and lubed up for a good snogging"

[w8liftinglady]

9. LOL...you ought to write television!

[INdemo]

8. yes he will have fun with this

.and this will take the spotlight off of the McKinney issue....This is funny but the Repubs will find a way to bury this story..What will Tweety have to say...What will Faus say......em..how will they sidetrack this story....

[saltpoint]

2. It's pretty good news to see that headline shooting out on the AP wire.

I like it.

I like it a lot.

[katty]

18. that is the turning point headline-front & center!

[jsamuel]

3. should read "Report: Libby: Cheney: Bush Authorized CIA Leak"

[kenny blankenship]

4. I love how the headlines stress the angle that the leak was "authorized"

as in a legitimate procedure. Not that Bush knew of and/or instigated an illegal conspiracy to compromise national security information for his personal political purposes.

[MADem]

7. The great thing is, though, that the media doesn't do nuance well

They've been trained NOT to by BushCo. So the story that comes out is that the White House authorized leaking any old bullshit to justify war, and then LIED to America and said they didn't do it.

Ma and Pa in the heartland look at each other, and say to themselves: Gee, he lied his way into war--that ain't nice!

[spanone]

10. That's why the headline alone is PRICELESS.

[katty]

19. indeed!!

[kenny blankenship]

11. I just wonder how well the msm will refresh everyone's memory:

Bush's quote "I don't know of anybody leaking in this administration...I want to find the leaker and he'll be fired" ought to be good enough to impeach him--it ought to be--but only if the public is reacquainted with all his ethically challenged statements about the Plame affair, in their original contexts.

[gkhouston]

16. if there's video of it

we'll see it on Countdown. Bet on it.

[MADem]

22. We need to find, and shop around, video--early and often! n/t

[NYC]

6. And Bush, himself, said it was a criminal matter.

This action by Bush is a rather stunning and extraordinary development. The President of the United States is potentially hiring a private criminal defense lawyer. Unsurprisingly, the White House is doing all it can to bury the story, providing precious little detail or context for the President's action.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Bush explained his action by saying, "This is a criminal matter. It's a serious matter," but he gave no further specifics. White House officials, too, would not say exactly what prompted Bush to seek the outside advice, or whether he had been asked to appear before the grand jury.

Chill Wind posted this at:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=860958&mesg_id=861438

[cliss]

12. This is the Death Knell.

Bush can not survive this. There is simply no way he can recover from this latest jolt. It's been like waves smashing against the cliffs for about 5 years. This is the monster wave, though.

And notice? This was calmly, carefully delivered by Libby and his "team" of attorneys. This is not some rogue whistle blower. These people had to get their statements vetted by Cheney before saying anything.

They are making Bush walk the plank.

[spanone]

13. I think they are banking on the presidential ability to declassify.

I also think their thinking stinks. If that is their tact they could have made this all go away in the beginning.. This appears as a last resort to me.

[stevietheman]

17. But even if the President can declassify, then the convo must...

turn to why would the President compromise sensitive CIA operations... will the "incompetence" canard work this time as well? Or will this be viewed as naked political scheming? Time will tell.

[stevietheman]

14. What makes this esp. big is IT CAME OUT BEFORE FRIDAY n/t

n/t

[malaise]

15. Impeach now

Oh happy day.

[Garbo 2004]

20. Great headline, but Libby didn't testify that Bush authorized Plame leak.

Libby testified that Cheney told him Bush had authorized leaking info from a National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq.

Libby claimed he didn't know Plame's identity until Russert told him. Said he didn't leak Plame info to Judy because he didn't know it at the time. Or had forgotten that he knew. Poor Libby, couldn't say he was authorized to do something he claimed he hadn't done. But there's still time to come clean and strike a deal with Fitz...

Still, one imagines that some sphincters loosened at the WH when they saw all the "breaking news" headlines. LOL

[spanone]

21. Still love the headline!