The president initially promised the American public that he would fire anyone in his administration found to have publicly disclosed Plame's identity.
Yet, today at a news conference , lil bushy acknowledged publicly for the first time that people in his administration leaked a covert CIA operative's name to the news media during a time of war.
Several Bush administration officials have been found to have participated in revealing Plame's identity to America’s enemies. White House political adviser Karl Rove and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage were found to be the primary sources for a 2003 newspaper article outing Plame. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer also admitted actively working to blow her cover.
Lewis Libby was the only one charged in the matter as he actively worked to impede the federal investigation of the outing of a CIA covert spy and directly lied to FBI agents and a Federal Grand Jury to ensure the 2004 reelection of bush and cheney.
Lewis Libby was convicted of four felony charges by a jury of his peers for lying and obstruction of justice in the investigation of the outing of an undercover CIA official, Valerie Plame, whose husband Joseph Wilson was a vocal anti-war critic.
Bush demonstrated that his promise made to the American public was a lie when he commutated the prison sentence of convicted felon Libby, the former chief of staff to Dick Cheney.
2007-07-12
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