> Dana wrote: > exactly exactly exactly. All this talk of civil servants and unions is > a red herring when it comes to the White House staff. >
Here's the bottom line - most likely Rove, Libbey, both got over-excited at killing a story because that's what they do. The President allowed them access to classified information and they decided to use it to meet their ends. Unfortunately they didn't think before they swung. It probably happened much like Mr. Rove said: he was talking to a reporter and this just came up - maybe it was him or maybe it was the reporter. Either way, Rove blabbed out classified information and later probably thought, "whoops." The President found out about it and Rove played it down, telling him, "ahh, don't worry it's just Democratic rhetoric." The President listened to him. Now that the story is back the President is in a corner because if he does something now he looks like he ignored it then, yet if he does nothing he looks like he's doing nothing. Rove, trying to fix his error, is telling the President to play along with Mr. Fitzgerald (one of his appointees) and they'll swing him in their direction. If they're lucky, Mr. Fitzgerald will be buyable. If they're not, they're in deep shit. In addition to violating various Executive Orders as well as Mr. Bush's father's law, there's a 1917 espionage law that says that anyone who intentionally leaks classified information is guilty of a felony. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL, BOB! There's the fed favorite: obstruction of justice. As Pat Buchanan is fond of saying, "I've got a friend who went to jail for saying 'I don't recall'". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166531 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
