Bush Broke the Law: Fitzgerald Should (and may) Ask For Impeachment

[berni_mccoy]

And it's not for the reasons you are thinking.

I may concede (still not convinced) that a President has authority to declassify intelligence information. ( UPDATE: Post #30 below from Carolinalady proves Bush broke this law too: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=860800&mesg_id=861495 )

Valerie Plame's Identity was certainly part of the NIE. So he *did* authorize Libby (via Cheney) to discuss her identity with the press.

For just a second, let's say hypothetically that the President broke no law in doing so.

Bush still broke the law. The law that says you may not LIE to federal investigators about the facts of an investigation. This is one of the crimes that Libby is charged with.

How does this lead us logically to the conclusion that Bush lied to investigators (and hence, broke the law)? Because if Bush told the truth to investigators and Fitzgerald, then this case would be closed and it would end with Libby (and maybe one other). If that's true, then there would be no reason for Libby to make the further testimony that Bush authorized the leak. They'd be building a defense that Libby didn't lie to investigators, not that he had permission to do so. Libby is going to jail and he's obviously taking others with him who were involved (after all, the Aspens turn together). And he's doing it artfully, by giving information that counters their statements to investigators.

This revelation could take off all the heads of the current administration. And it's turned out to be a many-headed hydra at that. Thank goodness for Patrick Fitzgerald, our symbolic Hercules.

(on edit: )
Fitzgerald will indict anyone who he finds chargable and he will name Bush as an unindictable co-conspirator. He will say that the only recourse for punishment is to Impeach bush, but that he can not start that. That's what I meant by "ask".

The only problem I see are the cowards in Congress who have refused to hold Bush accountable. This case is a bit different from the NSA case as there was a clear attempt to harm someone. The defenders of Bush on the NSA can't say they would feel justified if Bush outed their spouse to defend his case for war.