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Friday, April 07, 2006

editor and publisher says uproar grows over king george's (alleged) role

in the libby leak. well to tell you the truth, i don't see MUCH uproar. a few stories here and there, mostly in the 'liberal' press but nothing much in mainstream media. no LEAD story on this (sure the nyt ran the story but it's not the LEAD story) and let's face it even if there WAS a ton of coverage chances are NOTHING will come of this like NOTHING came of everything else the king and his court have done not only wrongly BUT illegally. in the press conference yesterday morning (with mclellan) why didn't ANYONE ask ANY questions about this subject? there was NOT ONE question. sure, it is only in the allegation stage now, BUT what do you think is going to happen?

Uproar Grows Over Bush Role in Libby Leakage
By E&P Staff and The Associated Press Published: April 06, 2006 11:00 PM ET
NEW YORK Leading newpapapers in articles for Friday papers portrayed the revelation that President Bush may have authorized Lewis "Scooter" to feed sensitive intelligence information to reporters as another major blow to the White House. Michael Fletcher in The Washington Post, for example, wrote that this "introduces a new dimension to the long-running CIA leak investigation, while posing troubling new political problems for the administration."Until now, the investigation had been about aides to Bush and their alleged efforts to attack the credibility of a vocal administration critic, including by possibly leaking classified information. Bush cast himself as a disinterested observer, eager to resolve the case and hold those responsible accountable."The New York Times in a news story observed that the latest information "provides an indication that Mr. Bush, who has long criticized leaks of secret information as a threat to national security, may have played a direct role in authorizing disclosure of the intelligence report on Iraq."......

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