Connecting the Dots

Dot, dot, dot - the President! Read on from Waas and the National Journal:

Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff has testified that President Bush authorized him to disclose the contents of a highly classified intelligence assessment to the media to defend the Bush administration's decision to go to war with Iraq, according to papers filed in federal court on Wednesday by Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the CIA leak case.

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby testified to a federal grand jury that he had received "approval from the President through the Vice President" to divulge portions of a National Intelligence Estimate regarding Saddam Hussein's purported efforts to develop nuclear weapons, according to the court papers. Libby was said to have testified that such presidential authorization to disclose classified information was "unique in his recollection," the court papers further said. [Read More]

Once again, so much for caring about national security. And leakers, bad when they are the ones getting wet, good when they are doing the pissing. Hypocritical asses, all of them.

I'll leave the serious dissecting of this to those smarter than me. FireDogLake has all your bases covered.

UPDATE: Sorry to jump in on your post, Creature. (Jeff here). But let me remind you all:

Q: And, and, do you stand by your pledge to fire anyone found to have [leaked Valerie Plame's name]?

BUSH: Yes. And that's up to the U.S. attorney to find the facts. source