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Libby's testimony was disclosed in a filing last week by the prosecutor probing the leak of the identity of former CIA officer Valerie Plame, Wilson's wife. The President has the power to declassify unilaterally. The White House later published parts of the NIE, though some of the findings had been disputed by members of the intelligence community. "It was in the public interest that this information be provided," press secretary Scott McClellan said. The filing pointed out that Bush did not know about the leaking of Plame's name. Lawyers involved in the case say the testimony increases...
...filing revealed former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s accusations against both Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush. The prosecution’s filing said that Libby told a grand jury that Bush had authorized Cheney to leak specific classified information that supported the administration’s views on Iraq, namely that Saddam Hussein had attempted to acquire uranium ore from Niger...
Libby is now on trial for lying and obstructing an investigation of the leak of the identity of Valerie Plame, an undercover Central Intelligence Agency officer working in Niger. Despite the fact that Bush is not on trial, the revelation that Bush ordered selective leaks raises worrisome questions about his methods of pushing for the invasion of Iraq, especially given the contested nature of the leaked information. And considering the notoriously strong loyalties of Bush’s staffers, we believe that Libby, in turning against the president, is presenting allegations that are at least plausible...
...Bush made his comments about the leak during a speech about the global war on terrorism, in which he spoke more broadly about his "freedom agenda" for democratizing the Middle East. "Look, I'm pleased with the progress," he said. "I was reading the other day where Kuwaiti women are running for office. It's a positive sign, you know? We've got to be realistic about what's possible, but we've got to be firm in our belief that freedom is possible and necessary." Bush was referring to a local election last week in which Kuwait allowed women...
...declassified the parts of the NIE following criticism from Wilson, without using the standard declassification process that the White House went through later. The officials said the President told Vice President Cheney that the excerpts should be provided to the press, but had played no role in the actual leak to Judith Miller of The New York Times. "The conversation between the President and the Vice President was only about declassifying," a senior administration official said. "The President made the executive decision, and still believes it was the right decision, to declassify the NIE. But any discussion with Scooter about...