treedancer
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My o my look what I found when I was out looking for something else, very interesting.
<<Updated: 11:47 a.m. CT July 12, 2007
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Thursday acknowledged publicly for the first time that someone in his administration likely leaked the name of a CIA operative.>>
<<The president had initially said he would fire anyone in his administration found to have publicly disclosed the identity of Valerie Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and a CIA operative. Ten days ago, Bush commuted the 30-month sentence given to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby by a federal judge in connection with the case.>>
<<I'm aware of the fact that perhaps somebody in the administration did disclose the name of that person," Bush said. "I've often thought about what would have happened if that person had come forth and said, 'I did it.'>>
I wonder if George H.W. Bush still stands by this statement that he said, on 01-Oct-03.
George Bush Sr.
"Former President Bush, helping the CIA celebrate its 50th birthday, called agency critics 'nuts.' He singled out for criticism Philip Agee, a former CIA agent and later critic of the agency. 'Remember Philip Agee, who I consider a traitor to our country?'' Bush asked, referring to Agee's efforts to expose CIA operations and identify spies. Bush said some of the criticism of the Directorate of Operations ruined secret U.S. clandestine operations in foreign countries and, in one instance, blew the cover of CIA station chief in Greece, Richard Welch, who was assassinated outside his residence in Greece in the mid-1970s." In addition, Barbara Bush wrote in her memoir that Agee should be charged with a felony.
My o my look what I found when I was out looking for something else, very interesting.
<<Updated: 11:47 a.m. CT July 12, 2007
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Thursday acknowledged publicly for the first time that someone in his administration likely leaked the name of a CIA operative.>>
<<The president had initially said he would fire anyone in his administration found to have publicly disclosed the identity of Valerie Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and a CIA operative. Ten days ago, Bush commuted the 30-month sentence given to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby by a federal judge in connection with the case.>>
<<I'm aware of the fact that perhaps somebody in the administration did disclose the name of that person," Bush said. "I've often thought about what would have happened if that person had come forth and said, 'I did it.'>>
I wonder if George H.W. Bush still stands by this statement that he said, on 01-Oct-03.
George Bush Sr.
"Former President Bush, helping the CIA celebrate its 50th birthday, called agency critics 'nuts.' He singled out for criticism Philip Agee, a former CIA agent and later critic of the agency. 'Remember Philip Agee, who I consider a traitor to our country?'' Bush asked, referring to Agee's efforts to expose CIA operations and identify spies. Bush said some of the criticism of the Directorate of Operations ruined secret U.S. clandestine operations in foreign countries and, in one instance, blew the cover of CIA station chief in Greece, Richard Welch, who was assassinated outside his residence in Greece in the mid-1970s." In addition, Barbara Bush wrote in her memoir that Agee should be charged with a felony.
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