Friday, June 13, 2008
Tim Russert, R.I.P.
He was a regular part of my Sunday morning TV viewing (which probably gives you a good idea of how f-cking old I am!) and it was always great watching him dismantle many a smug politicians' talking points and BS. Not to speak ill of the dead though but will we now never know what his real role was in the Plamegate affair?
Labels: Plamegate, Tim Russert, Valerie Plame
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Scott McClellan: another lying Bush administration official finally comes clean?
So speaking of White House press secretaries, I missed posting this one about Ms. Perino's immediate predecessor, Scott McClellan, from a little while back:
"I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President's chief of staff, and the President himself. [emphasis added]"That's a passage re: the C.I.A. leak investigation from McClellan's book What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and What's Wrong With Washington as quoted in Slate.
One day, we can only hope the whole sordid truth about the Valerie Plame affair, the lying about WMD to start the Iraq war and every other incident of f-ckery this White House administration has committed will be revealed. Unfortunately, it will likely be too late to impeach Bush and Cheney.
Labels: C.I.A., GOP corruption, Scott McClellan, Valerie Plame
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
TODAY: Valerie Plame book signing in NYC
Meet Valerie Plame at the Union Square Barnes & Noble today and cop her new book
Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House to get the read deal on the GOP f-ckery during the 'Plamegate' affair. I ain't gonna front, I'm so jealous of Joe Wilson! [Click here for more details.]Labels: GOP corruption, Plamegate, Valerie Plame
Saturday, July 14, 2007
"It's run its course - now we're going to move on...."
That's Bush on the CIA leak scandal. Watch above and read more:
"Despite a long history of denouncing leaks, Bush declined to express any disappointment in the people who worked for him and who were involved in disclosing the name of a CIA operative. Asked about that during a wide-ranging news conference, the president gave a dodgy answer.
"It's been a tough issue for a lot of people in the White House," he said.
He didn't even acknowledge the undisputed fact that someone working for him was the source, saying only that "perhaps somebody in the administration did disclose the name of that person."
In the beginning stages of the case, Bush said, "I want to know the truth," and pledged to fire anyone found to have leaked. As the investigation wore on, he expressed more weariness than outrage, saying only that someone who "committed a crime" would be fired and calling the case "background noise" he had to ignore.
As it turned out, several administration officials revealed Plame's identity. White House political adviser Karl Rove and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage were the primary sources for a 2003 newspaper column outing Plame. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer also admitted telling reporters about her. Libby was the only one charged in the matter and not for leaking."
Click here for more from the AP report "Bush Dismisses CIA Leak As Old News."
Related (and, admittedly, slightly old but still newsworthy):
Britons convicted in Bush-Blair memo leak. Oh the irony....
Labels: George Bush, GOP corruption, Plamegate, Scooter Libby, Valerie Plame
