Hinchey," Why did Bush need to discredit Wilson?"

[MellowOne]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/constitutionalcrisis2006/

Hinchey Statement On Revelation That President Bush Authorized Leak
Of Classified Information To Bolster Administration's Public Case
For War

Washington, DC -- Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today released
the following statement in response to news reports that President
Bush authorized Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, I.
Lewis "Scooter" Libby, to disclose highly classified information
regarding Iraq intelligence.

"If what Scooter Libby said to the grand jury is true, then this
latest development clearly reveals yet again that the CIA leak case
goes much deeper than the disclosure of a CIA agent's identity to
the press. The heart and motive of this case is about the
deliberate attempt at the highest levels of this administration to
discredit those who were publicly revealing that the White House
lied about its uranium claims leading up to the war. The Bush
Administration knew that Iraq had not sought uranium from Africa for
a nuclear weapon, yet they went around telling the Congress, the
country, and the world just the opposite. When Ambassador Joseph
Wilson, Valerie Wilson's husband, publicly spoke out with proof that the administration was not telling the truth on uranium, the
administration engaged in an orchestrated plot, which now reportedly includes President Bush, to discredit Ambassador Wilson and dismiss any notion that they had lied about pre-war intelligence.

"It is an absolute disgrace to the institution of the presidency
that President Bush authorized members of his administration to
disclose select parts of highly classified information from a
National Intelligence Estimate in order to make political advances
and gain public support. How dare President Bush and Vice President Cheney say they want to prosecute those who leaked the NSA domestic surveillance program when they themselves authorized the disclosure of information from some of the most highly sensitive documents in the government. The White House opposes leaks when the disclosed information hurts them politically, but supports leaks when information advances their political cause.

[MellowOne]

1. the link doesn't connect to the story for some reason, rest of story...

"Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald recently responded to my request for him to expand his investigation to include the motive behind the leak, which I believe was to discredit Ambassador Wilson's revelation that Iraq never sought uranium from Africa. If so, President Bush and other top members of his administration knowingly lied about uranium to the Congress, which is a crime. It is my belief, as well as the belief of my 39 House colleagues who signed my original letter to Special Counsel Fitzgerald, that he has the authority and obligation to expand his investigation to investigate the lies about uranium, which are the true heart of this case.



"Scooter Libby's camp is currently engaged in a legal proceeding to
remove Patrick Fitzgerald from his post and have the case
dismissed. This is just further evidence that Scooter Libby doesn't have a leg to stand on. I'm confident that the latest Libby motion will be rejected and that the case will move forward. As such, I am formulating a response to Patrick Fitzgerald's letter to me and will aggressively pursue every avenue needed to ensure that an investigation is conducted into the administration's uranium lies. The heart of the CIA leak case cannot and must not be ignored."

[sam sarrha]

2. because Cheney has been covering up his involvement in WMD's to Iran..

North Korea, Lybia and Pakistan.. he has been complicit in supplying Nuclear technology, tools and materials since about 1987. Plame's team's company was laundering money for terrorists in order to locate their sources in Iran and Saudi Arabia.. they were deep into the Saudi Royal Family.. Dubya's childhood friends.. Terrorists, so Cheney shut down the investigation because they were close to finding out the source of WMD's and Nuclear Technology was the Vice President of the United States..

Google: 'american judas' there is a lot of stuff there now there is a report by the UN that lays it all out.. my present link has been 'neutralized'

[MrPrax]

3. Link to Hinchey's statement...

It's a great one actually--he cuts through the 'legal/illegal' sidebar and goes right to the juggular...

Hinchey Statement

On Revelation That President Bush Authorized Leak Of Classified Information
To Bolster Administration's Public Case For War

"... The heart and motive of this case is about the deliberate attempt at the highest levels of this administration to discredit those who were publicly revealing that the White House lied about its uranium claims leading up to the war. The Bush Administration knew that Iraq had not sought uranium from Africa for a nuclear weapon, yet they went around telling the Congress, the country, and the world just the opposite...."

He's a good guy

[Metta]

4. The opposite of grace. A hallmark characteristic of this admin

and its supporters.