Bush and Cheney praise Liddy as a public servant, then

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let the prosecuters charge him for something (he says) they told him he could do, which, according to Scotty would be legal since the president can declassify on the spot. Now, when the president testifies, will he back Liddy up, in which case he has allowed Fitsgerald to spend upteen millions of dollars when he knew the truth all along?

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1. Fritz: Bush "was unaware of the role" that Libby played in outing Plame.

I posted this earlier at:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2557886


http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0407/dailyUpdate.html
posted April 7, 2006 at 12:54 p.m.

Did Bush misuse presidential powers?
Experts: Leaks are probably legal but 'amount to using sensitive intelligence data for political gain.'

By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com

The news that President Bush authorized the disclosure of classified information to certain reporters has set off a debate on whether or not Mr. Bush misused his national security powers. FoxNews reports that papers filed Thursday by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald disclose that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the only person indicted so far in the investigation into who 'outed' CIA agent Valerie Plame, told a grand jury that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney had authorized him to discuss with reporters the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) regarding Iraqi weapons systems.

Nothing in the papers indicate Bush or Cheney told Libby to reveal the name of CIA analyst Valerie Plame, nor do they suggest that either the president or vice president did anything illegal. But the documents do hint at more problems for the administration since some may show a plan to punish one of its critics, Plame's husband, Amb. Joe Wilson.

The Associated Press reports that the picture painted by the court papers is of a hesitant Mr. Libby, who had "qualms about leaking classified information to the press, but was quickly persuaded to drop them" after coming under pressure from Mr. Cheney, "who advised him that the president had authorized Libby to do so."


In his court filing, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald asserted that "the president was unaware of the role" that Libby "had in fact played in disclosing" Plame's CIA status. The prosecutor gave no such assurance, though, regarding Cheney.

[NYC]

2. Libby. Liddy was G. Gordon Liddy.

Not surprised if anyone would confuse the two.

Libby = Plamegate.
Liddy = Watergate.

Both presidents committing acts of treason against the U.S. and its citizens.

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3. Thanks - Wasn't there an Igby too?

[NYC]

4. In Watergate?

The name does not sound familiar to me.

The cast of characters:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/062172-1.htm

[Kurt Remarque]

5. this sounds more like watergate every day, only worse

it involves the cover-up of the leaking by a president of classified (albeit useless) informaton)for political revenge