Rep. John Conyers: When Was the President Told?

[RedEarth]

Today’s New York Daily News reports that “n angry President Bush rebuked chief political guru Karl Rove two years ago for his role in the Valerie Plame affair..” and that Rove conceded to Bush that “he had talked to the press about the Plame leak.”

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Yet, just last year on June 11, 2004, the President responded affirmatively when asked if he would “fire anyone found to” have leaked the agent’s name.

And White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said “If someone in the administration, anywhere in the administration, leaked classified information, we want to know who it is. The President has always made it clear that the leaking of classified information is a very serious matter.” (October 2, 2003)

And this: “The President -- no one wants to get to the bottom of this more than the President of the United States. And the sooner the better.” (October 7, 2003)

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[Dhalgren]

1. Why are no Publicans asking these questions?

If they are planning to run for office in '06 (or '08) wouldn't it behoove some of them to get in front of this ugly thing?

[Demoiselle]

2. You mean..What did the President know and when did he know it?

Be still my heart.

[VegasWolf]

3. Sounds kinda familiar, "What did the President know, and when did he know

it?"

[rodeodance]

4. is the msm talking about this?

......If this story is true, it raises troubling questions to me -- and I think should trouble the White House Press Corps as well.

If Rove told the President about his role in the leak, why did the President say what he said last year?

If Rove told the President about his role in the leak two years ago, did that occur before or after McClellan made these statements? If it was before, why did McClellan say what he said? If it was after, why has he never corrected the record?

[kostya]

5. kick n/t

[QuettaKid]

7. LOTS of kicks.....

[WCGreen]

6. It depends on what your definition of is, is.....