Pelosi (releases) Statement on Karl Rove and White House CIA Leak

[truthpusher]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20050713/pl_usnw/pelosi_statement_on_karl_rove_and_white_house_cia_leak130_xml

Pelosi Statement on Karl Rove and White House
CIA Leak
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27 minutes ago
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WASHINGTON, July 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to media inquiries about White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove's involvement in leaking the identity of CIA official Valerie Plame:

"The American people deserve the truth about who in the White House recklessly disclosed the identity of a CIA clandestine service officer, endangering our national security. The first President Bush called it a traitorous act to reveal the names of those involved in intelligence collection.

"The President said two years ago that he wanted to get to the bottom of this. If he were sincere, it would have happened. For two years, there has been an investigation that did not reveal Karl Rove's involvement until a reporter went to jail. It looks to me that there may have been some effort by people in the White House to obstruct the investigation.

"The President has said that anyone who leaked the identity of Ms. Plame should no longer be part of his Administration. The American people and Congress expect the President to keep his word. That means firing Karl Rove and anyone else in the White House if they identified her as a CIA clandestine service officer.

"Disclosing Ms. Plame's identity is a deadly serious matter and the Republicans in the House of Representatives should be having hearings on this subject. But they have not held the Bush Administration accountable in any way on any subject, be it the budget, our national security, the war in Iraq, Abu Ghraib, the list goes on. The Administration has gotten off scot-free without any oversight from the Congress. The American people deserve better."

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[ClintonTyree]

1. Some sort of effort....to obstruct the investigation......

call it what it is. A CONSPIRACY! I love ya' Nancy,but who's going to be the first Dem to say the "C" word? :shrug:

[drm604]

5. Conspiracy.

I said it here. Now if we could just get someone of importance to say it publicly...

We should be screaming it from the rooftops.

Edited to add: Rate up this Yahoo story and nominate this thread.

[Zorra]

2. A well crafted statement. Should be on every front page. n/t

[4_Legs_Good]

3. Not bad, but I like Dean's letter better!

Particularly:

"That means firing Karl Rove and anyone else in the White House if they identified her as a CIA clandestine service officer."

Should have read
"That means firing Karl Rove and everyone else in the White House that identified her as a CIA clandestine service officer and everyone who was involved in the coverup.

Still, I'm glad she put the crime up front instead of Rove's name.

david

[quiet.american]

4. Thumbs up!

[Up2Late]

6. I dig Nancy!

I like her almost as much as Barbara Boxer. Almost.

[Evergreen Emerald]

7. There is one more issue that has not been highlighted

Bush and Co. was using Wilson and his wife as examples. They were taken to the public square and flogged--showing anyone else that may have information contrary to the neocon agenda of invading Iraq that they better shut up or else. It was a threat and a punishment. The epitome of corrupt power.

[skip fox]

8. wise statement

:toast:

[Burried News]

9. Good point - two years is a long time.

She is reaching out to all Americans to think this out for themselves.