OK, this is where you lose me. Looking back to his original statements in 2003, I think it is fairly clear that the President does not know who leaked Plame's identity. How can the President protect someone when he doesn't know who it is he is protecting? Really, I think you are making way too much out of the President's silence.
What if the original leak came from Colin Powell? After all, he had the Plame memo. While we don't know for sure who else saw that memo, we can be reasonably sure that he saw it. Rove has already denied seeing it, although he certainly could have learned of the contents from someone else in the White House. If the original leak was from Powell, should he be prosecuted? I think it is highly unlikely that he was the source, BTW, but who knows how this will shake out? >3.) These no reason for the President's silence unless he's protecting >someone despite the serious nature of the charge. > > >Conclusion based on facts we already know: Mr. Bush is protecting his >friend(s) over national security. Unsupported by the facts. To protect them he would have to know something- who the leaker was, what they said, etc. There is zero evidence that he knows anything about the leak. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166043 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
