Thursday, May 29, 2008

ISN'T THIS ENOUGH TO BEGIN IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS?

Do you remember all the fuss Pres. Fredo made about leaks at the beginning of the Plame Scandal? According to Scott McClellan, Fredo authorized the selective leaks to help promote the Iraq War. (h/t Bill W. at Crooks & Liars, where you can find the video clip)

Emptywheel at FireDogLake provides us with the transcript:
Scottie McC: But the other defining moment was in early April 2006, when I learned that the President had secretly declassified the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq for the Vice President and Scooter Libby to anonymously disclose to reporters. And we had been out there talking about how seriously the President took the selective leaking of classified information. And here we were, learning that the President had authorized the very same thing we had criticized.

Empty's post deserves a full read and I'd like to add that Libby leaked some of the NIE findings to Judith Miller in September 2002.

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