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Title: Scott McCllen will be testifying on msnbc before Houmse Comm.
Source: msnbc
URL Source: [None]
Published: Jun 20, 2008
Author: msnbc
Post Date: 2008-06-20 09:36:46 by Itisa1mosttoolate
Keywords: None
Views: 347
Comments: 5

Fri 9:40 am est


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Go Scott

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#1. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#0)

Thanks!

Jethro Tull  posted on  2008-06-20   9:39:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Jethro Tull (#1)

You are welcome. It's the first defection at a high level.

"You can not save the Constitution by destroying it."

Itisa1mosttoolate  posted on  2008-06-20   9:42:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#0)

By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer 4 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - A former White House spokesman told Congress on Friday that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney wanted him to say that Cheney's chief of staff wasn't involved in the leak of a CIA operative's identity, an assertion that turned out to be false. ADVERTISEMENT

Scott McClellan, Bush's spokesman from 2003-2006, said he had reservations about publicly clearing the name of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's chief of staff at the time. Later, Libby was convicted of obstructing the investigation of the leak of Valerie Plame's CIA identity.

McClellan told the House Judiciary Committee that he doesn't know if a crime was committed in efforts to cover up the leak.

But he had harsh words for the White House, suggesting that the administration is continuing a cover-up in the Plame case.

"This White House promised or assured the American people that at some point when this was behind us they would talk publicly about it," he said. "And they have refused to.

"And that's why I think more than any other reason we are here today and the suspicion still remains," McClellan told the panel.

McClellan said he does not believe Bush knew about or caused the leak. When asked about Cheney, he replied: "I do not know. There's a lot of suspicion there."

Committee Chairman John Conyers of Michigan requested that McClellan testify about details that appear in his book, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception." The book includes McClellan's claim that he was instructed to mislead the public about the roles of Libby and former presidential adviser Karl Rove in the leak of Plame's identity and its aftermath.

He said former White House Chief of Staff Andy Card told him that the president and vice president wanted him to publicly say that Libby was not involved in the leak.

"I was reluctant to do it," McClellan told the Democratic-led panel. "I got on the phone with Scooter Libby and asked him point-blank, 'Were you involved in this in any way?' And he assured me in unequivocal terms that he was not."

McClellan also responded to comments by his former colleagues who castigated him for writing a book about his experiences before Bush had left office.

Rather than discuss the substance of the book, former and current Bush aides "sought to turn it into a game of 'gotcha,' misrepresenting what I wrote and seeking to discredit me though inaccurate personal attacks," McClellan said.

He also suggested that Bush could do much to redeem his credibility if he would embrace "openness and candor and then constantly strive to build trust across the aisle."

Libby was convicted of perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI in its investigation of the leak.

Last July, Bush commuted Libby's 2 1/2-year sentence, sparing him from serving any prison time.

"It was special treatment," McClellan said of the commutation. He added that it undermined Bush's own stated standards on justice itself, which McClellan described this way:

"The person must first repay his debt to society and second must express remorse for the crimes that he committed. We have seen neither of those from Scooter Libby."

Plame maintains the White House quietly outed her to reporters as retribution for criticism from her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, of Bush's reasons for going to war in Iraq.

It turned out that both Libby and Rove had discussed Plame's identity with reporters. Libby resigned from office the day he was indicted on charges of covering up the leak. Rove remained, eventually leaving office in August 2007. Rove has never been charged in the case.

The White House had said in 2003 that anyone who leaked classified information in the case would be dismissed. Bush reiterated that promise in June 2004.

By July 2005, Bush qualified his position, saying he would fire anyone for leaking classified information if that person had "committed a crime."

If this turkey wants to have any real credibility, then he can come clean on what is really happening with SPP over in the NAFTA Division of Treasury/Commerce under the Executive. Until then, he's just another NAUer with brand issues. ;-)

"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams

Rotara  posted on  2008-06-20   11:21:39 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Rotara (#3)

Twenty min. of questions then a 1 1/2 hr break. Sounds like a real dog and pony show

"You can not save the Constitution by destroying it."

Itisa1mosttoolate  posted on  2008-06-20   12:50:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#4)

Twenty min. of questions then a 1 1/2 hr break. Sounds like a real dog and pony show

Everything we SEE is a sideshow distraction while the real damage is done under a flurry of lies; the status quo from the globalist traitors in our nation is gobbling us up.

The dye is cast, either we stop them now or it's over.

"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams

Rotara  posted on  2008-06-20   12:55:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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