DOUBLE STANDARD FOR LEAKS
Monday, 26 June 2006
DOUBLE STANDARD FOR LEAKS
G.W. Bush and Cheney harshly condemned the revelation of a program to secretly monitor the financial transactions of suspected terrorists. Both specifically condemned the New York Times, as “disgraceful,” ignoring The Wall Street Journal (a conservative propagandist for the administration) and LA Times, which also published the story.
Where was Bush’s condemnation for the exposing of a CIA agent, Wilson's wife, Valeria Plame, by his administration? Robert Novak, the reporter whom the Bush administration supplied with the classified intel on Plame, acknowledged that Bush knows who leaked the CIA's agents identity. Vice President Cheney, former White House aide Libby, and White House counsel Rove were all involved, yet NO outrage from Bush. Why???????
Plus, Bush and his staff selectively leaked out classified intel on Iraq's supposedly secret weapons of mass destruction prior to the Iraq war to various newspapers, including The New York Times, to influence public opinion; yet no Justice Department official investigated these outrageous propaganda leaks. Why was it appropriate for Bush and his staff to leak classified intel to sway the hesitant public into supporting an illegal war?
Bush is a hypocrite who will use any means, illegal, lying, or immoral to accomplish his hidden agenda.
BY CHRISTIAN GATSBY
G.W. Bush and Cheney harshly condemned the revelation of a program to secretly monitor the financial transactions of suspected terrorists. Both specifically condemned the New York Times, as “disgraceful,” ignoring The Wall Street Journal (a conservative propagandist for the administration) and LA Times, which also published the story.
Where was Bush’s condemnation for the exposing of a CIA agent, Wilson's wife, Valeria Plame, by his administration? Robert Novak, the reporter whom the Bush administration supplied with the classified intel on Plame, acknowledged that Bush knows who leaked the CIA's agents identity. Vice President Cheney, former White House aide Libby, and White House counsel Rove were all involved, yet NO outrage from Bush. Why???????
Plus, Bush and his staff selectively leaked out classified intel on Iraq's supposedly secret weapons of mass destruction prior to the Iraq war to various newspapers, including The New York Times, to influence public opinion; yet no Justice Department official investigated these outrageous propaganda leaks. Why was it appropriate for Bush and his staff to leak classified intel to sway the hesitant public into supporting an illegal war?
Bush is a hypocrite who will use any means, illegal, lying, or immoral to accomplish his hidden agenda.
BY CHRISTIAN GATSBY
