More proof of what an impeachable liar Bush is! Of course he was in on it!
Then he goes out and lies to the cameras and to us! What a scum.
Bush, not McClellan.
"Former Bush press secretary raises new questions in CIA leak scandal; Points finger at Bush, Cheney in upcoming book" by Matt Apuzzo/Associated Press November 21, 2007
WASHINGTON - Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative.
In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, McClellan recounts the 2003 news conference in which he told reporters that aides Karl Rove and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby were "not involved" in the leak involving operative Valerie Plame Wilson.
McClellan, according to a brief excerpt released yesterday, writes:
"There was one problem. It was not true. 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 [Andrew Card], and the president himself."
And slimy Andy Card makes five, huh? What a handful of lying criminals!
The excerpt, posted on the website of publisher PublicAffairs Books, renews questions about what went on and how much Bush and Cheney knew about the leak. For years, it was McClellan's job to field - and often duck - those types of questions.
Now that he's spurring them, answers are equally hard to find.
White House press secretary Dana Perino said it wasn't clear what McClellan meant in the excerpt:
"The president has not and would not ask his spokespeople to pass on false information."
No, he wouldn't ask them, he'd ORDER THEM!
Was this before or after the snort job, Dana?
The excerpt from McClellan's book, "What Happened," which isn't due until April, doesn't detail how Bush and Cheney were involved or reveal what happened behind the scenes.
In the fall of 2003, after authorities began investigating the leak, McClellan told reporters he'd personally spoken to Rove, who was Bush's top political adviser, and Libby, who was Cheney's chief of staff.
McClellan, at the time: "They're good individuals, they're important members of our White House team, and that's why I spoke with them, so that I could come back to you and say that they were not involved."
Both men, however, were involved. Rove was one of the sources for the newspaper column that identified Plame Wilson. Libby also spoke to reporters about the CIA officer and was convicted of lying about those discussions.
In a CNN interview earlier this year, McClellan made no suggestion that Bush knew that either Libby or Rove was involved in the leak. McClellan said his statements were what he and the president "believed to be true at the time based on assurances that we were both given."
I'm tired of this criminal administration. I really am!!
