Ask Scotty why Bush withheld the one-page damning summary of the NIE.

[flpoljunkie]

From Lauren Rozen, writing about Murray Waas' piece in The National Journal...

http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/003972.html

One former senior government official said that both the president and Cheney, in directing Libby to disclose classified information to defend the administration's case to go to war with Iraq and in formally declassifying portions of the NIE later, were misusing the classification process for political reasons.

The official said that while the administration declassified portions of the NIE that would appear exculpatory to the White House, it insisted that a one-page summary of the NIE which would have suggested that the President mischaracterized other intelligence information to go to war remain classified.

[Avalux]

1. Yes. Please tell us Scotty. The people deserve an answer!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x872550

[YDogg]

2. And if it was in the public interest to disclose information ...

... why didn't the president speak to the American people on the records, rather than having shills do his dirty work?

[flpoljunkie]

6. Great question, yDogg!

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Ask Scotty where the Declassification Directive is!

See my post here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2557135&mesg_id=2557135

And please K&R it.

[flpoljunkie]

4. Done.

[flpoljunkie]

5. Waas: The key judgements of NIE specifically excluded the uranium claim!

Furthermore, blogger eRiposte writes, "...The NY Sun is reporting that Libby had permission from Cheney and Bush to leak portions of the key judgments of the NIE because it bolstered the uranium claim. But as I have discussed before, the key judgments of the NIE specifically excluded the uranium claim. This is very interesting in terms of its implications. I’ve discussed this further here."

http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/003972.html