Friday, February 10, 2006
Libby "News"
The Washington Post has a story today that I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was authorized by the Vice President to leak classified information to the press. A lot of people (like normally smart Neal Boortz) are jumping to the conclusion that the classified information was the identity of Valerie Plame as a CIA employee. Nope.
Part of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) of 2002 was used by Libby in Summer, 2003 in conversations with the press after Joseph Wilson lied about his grand adventure in Niger. However, the 2002 NIE was declassified in July 2003, so it's difficult to see either a crime or a problem here. That little fact doesn't stop Ted Kennedy from bloviating poorly, of course.
Part of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) of 2002 was used by Libby in Summer, 2003 in conversations with the press after Joseph Wilson lied about his grand adventure in Niger. However, the 2002 NIE was declassified in July 2003, so it's difficult to see either a crime or a problem here. That little fact doesn't stop Ted Kennedy from bloviating poorly, of course.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 8:14 AM 
