Bush admits administration leaked CIA name

cat's meow · #11 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by bluedog

Just which Law "exactly are they above....the one that states that the CIA falls under the umbrella and leadership of the Ex. Branch.....to manage as one of the duties of the commander in chief and administrator of all such divisions that fall under the direct leadership of the Ex. Branch by constitution....or the law that states that the Chief Ex. Officer can and does have the "authority" to "classify or declassify" any thing which falls within the jurisdiction of his authority?......Any other political rants? BD

It is OK to out a covert agent?

Plame was ‘covert’ agent at time of name leak

bluedog · #12 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by cat's meow

The guy admitted a f'ck up, what is your problem? You can stop arguing about this now it is over and he even admitted as much today...

That was my point...he did nothing that was unlawful...now or even with the war....he may be inarticulate.....but he is not stupid....as he has in fact surrounded himself with people who in fact know how to handle...politicians..and the rule of law....a trait of true leadership...the delegation of authority to the people who do know about what he does not...people such as "Carl Rove" when it comes to politics. BD

cat's meow · #13 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by bluedog

That was my point...he did nothing that was unlawful...now or even with the war....he may be inarticulate.....but he is not stupid....as he has in fact surrounded himself with people who in fact know how to handle...politicians..and the rule of law....a trait of true leadership...the delegation of authority to the people who do know about what he does not...people such as "Carl Rove" when it comes to politics. BD

You have no idea if he did anything unlawful at this point, THAT IS THE POINT YOU ARE COMPLETELY MISSING. Bush was interviewed by Fitzgerald off the record for an hour. The fall guy who got in the way of all this was Libby and was convicted of Obstruction of Justice. What does that mean? ...How this all went down was covered up pretty well.

He said he would get to the bottom of this and fire the person, he said that something wrong had been done. Those are our president's words, not mine. Did he fire that person? It does not seem like it...so much for the high standard of accountability this president set for these people in the White House. So you support a president that cannot stand by his own professed accountability?

I said nothing about him being inarticulate; try to stick with the points here ol' buddy. Don't try to obfuscate the point.

It is not over yet BTW, there is still a civil suit to go.