The National Journal is reporting that Cheney authorized Libby to leak Plame's name to the press:
Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, testified to a federal grand jury that he had been "authorized" by Cheney and other White House "superiors" in the summer of 2003 to disclose classified information to journalists to defend the Bush administration's use of prewar intelligence in making the case to go to war with Iraq, according to attorneys familiar with the matter, and to court records.
Looks like the bionic man has a little splainin' to do.
Personally I still think it was Bush. Bush has that country bumpkin manner going on. But stories from inside paint a much darker picture. Remember it was Bush who asked for Osama bin Laden's head on a pike, literally, after 9/11. The CIA went so far as to send dry ice to Afghanistan in a box to hold the head.
Posted by jherr at February 9, 2006 12:04 PMThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)