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catman
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 Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject: McClellan blames Bush for CIA leak deceit |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21903753/
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Former spokesman says both president and vice president involved
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 recount 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.
"There was one problem. It was not true," McClellan writes, according to a brief excerpt released Monday. "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 and the president himself."
McClellan's book, "What Happened," isn't due out until April, and the excerpt released Monday was merely a teaser. It doesn't get into detail about 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 that he'd personally spoken to Rove, who was Bush's top political adviser, and Libby, who was Cheney's chief of staff.
"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," McClellan said at the time.
Both men, however, were involved. Rove was one of the original sources for the newspaper column that identified Plame. Libby also spoke to reporters about the CIA officer and was convicted of lying about those discussions. He is the only person to be charged in the case.
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Surprise Surprise. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Joe Wilson didn't tell the truth either. |
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adeline
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:17 am Post subject: |
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| what an innovative title |
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keane
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:00 am Post subject: |
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| Re: OP. Tell us something we didn't already know... |
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cbclark4
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Who was the source of the leak? |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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Publisher: McClellan doesn't believe Bush lied
Spokesman 'did not intend to suggest' the president purposely misled him
Win Mcnamee / Getty Images file
President George W. Bush listens as his Press Secretary, Scott McClellan, announces his resignation at the White House April 19, 2006 in Washington, DC.
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McClellan didn't intend to suggest Bush lied
Nov. 21: Scott McClellan's publisher says the president's former spokesman does not believe the president lied to him about the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame. NBC's Jeannie Ohm reports.
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