White House press secretary Scott McClellan's new memoir pointedly claims Bush, Rove, & Co covered up the Plame scandal.
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White House press secretary Scott McClellan's new memoir pointedly claims Bush, Rove, & Co covered up the Plame scandal.
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26 - Baronius
Lono, did you read the original article? That quote is out of context. In fact, it doesn't really make sense as you quoted it. "It" was McClellan's statement that Rove and Libby had nothing to do with the Plame leak. It's a matter of record that both of them confirmed the information, after Armitage leaked it. That doesn't mean that all five of them leaked it, or gave orders to do so. It means that McClellan accused the five of knowing that Rove and Libby had a secondary role in the leak.
27 - Dave Nalle
He told this to them. The President then went on TV during a state of the nation and said we have evidence that Iraq was obtaining yellow cake uranium from Niger.
This was a Lie. This was an extremely big lie to congress and the American people. don't apologize for these antics. don't.
It was a lie, except that in both a technical and a more general sense it was absolutely true. Not only had Iraq previously bought tons of yellow cake from Niger, but despite what Joe Wilson said and the forged documents which stirred up all the controversy, the Iraqi government did in fact send representatives to Niger in 1999 to negotiate the purchase of additional yellowcake, as confirmed by the Butler Report and Iraqi government officials after the war.
It's another case of the truth not being quite as obvious as some would like to make it. On the one hand, Wilson was correct that Saddam had not bought MORE yellowcake from Niger, but at the same time Saddam did have the clear intent of buying more and had bought a great deal in the past. So neither Bush nor Wilson was lying when their statements are taken in a very narrow context.
Dave
28 - Lapdog
This thread seems to be stuck in the 23rd.
29 - Lapdog
Until now, that is. Any messages posted on the 24th and 25th have gone AWOL.