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This isn't really news:

Bush whacked Rove on CIA leak

BY THOMAS M. DeFRANK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

WASHINGTON - An angry President Bush rebuked chief political guru Karl Rove two years ago for his role in the Valerie Plame affair, sources told the Daily News.

So did Bush tell the truth during these press encounters after he knew? You be the judge:

On June 10, 2004 Bush was asked at a news conference if he stood by his pledge to fire anyone found to have leaked Plame's name. Bush answered yes, "And that's up to the U.S. attorney to find the facts."

Of course Bush already knew Rove did it, so that was another LIE and he did not need the prosecutor to complete his work to really know who leaked Plame's id.

And then there are these wonderful nougats by Bush at a press briefing in September, 2003:

PRESIDENT BUSH: Let me answer a couple of questions, then we've got to go to Cincinnati. Deb.

Q Do you think that the Justice Department can conduct an impartial investigation, considering the political ramifications of the CIA leak, and why wouldn't a special counsel be better?

THE PRESIDENT: Yes. ..... And if there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. And if the person has violated law, the person will be taken care of.

(I wonder what he meant by that? It's not necessarily a negative that Karl Rove will be "taken care of." It could mean he'll be put up in a Roman villa with a pension of $1 Million a year. - Z)
....
THE PRESIDENT: I'm absolutely confident that the Justice Department will do a very good job. (Note to Patrick Fitzgerald smear artists. - Z)
.....
THE PRESIDENT: I want to know the truth. (Ugh, gag me. - Z)
.....
Q Yesterday we were told that Karl Rove had no role in it --
THE PRESIDENT: Yes. (BINGO! Lie number 8,432,767. - Z)
Q -- have you talked to Karl and do you have confidence in him --
THE PRESIDENT: Listen, I know of nobody -- I don't know of anybody (WTF? Why the need to rephrase that innocuous statement? For legal reasons? - Z) in my administration who leaked classified information.
.....

The President knew Karl Rove leaked Plame's identity. The President lied to the American people about it, and the President kept someone on his senior staff who lied to him, lied to us, and lied to FBI investigators about an undercover agent at a time of war.

INEXCUSABLE! But Bush supporters from across the spectrum will excuse every aspect. The "rule of law" means nothing now that they are in power and Bill Clinton's blow job has been successfully prosecuted.

* Yet Another Bush Lie