Wednesday, July 05, 2006

"Get it out"

Bush wasn't ignorant of the outing of Valerie Plame; he was, indeed, "the decider."

"One senior government official familiar with the discussions between Bush and Cheney -- but who does not have firsthand knowledge of Bush's interview with prosecutors -- said that Bush told the vice president to 'Get it out,' or 'Let's get this out,' regarding information that administration officials believed would rebut Wilson's allegations and would discredit him.

"A person with direct knowledge of Bush's interview refused to confirm that Bush used those words, but said that the first official's account was generally consistent with what Bush had told Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.

"Libby, in language strikingly similar to Bush's words, testified to the federal grand jury in the leak case that Cheney had told him to 'get all the facts out' that would defend the administration and discredit Wilson."


Fitzmas may yet come.

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