Bush Lied When Asked About Brown's Resignation

[blue agave]

Capitol Hill Blue: Bush Lied When Asked About Brown's Resignation

By DOUG THOMPSON

Sep 13, 2005, 04:34

President George W. Bush lied outright to reporters in Mississippi Monday when he claimed he did not know embattled Federal Emergency Management Agency director Mike Brown resigned.
In fact, Bush – who over the weekend told Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to “get rid of Brown any way you have to” – took a call from Chertoff while en route to the Gulf Coast aboard Air Force One. Chertoff told Bush he had Brown’s resignation in hand but the President ordered the Homeland Security secretary to delay announcement of Brown’s resignation until after the New Orleans photo op because he didn’t want his tour upstaged.

<http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7374.shtml>

An interesting closing comment:
“Brown is just the first,” says a White House insider. “Others will follow.”

[grytpype]

1. CHB is not a reliable source

They just make shit up. Don't believe this unless you read it someplace else and they are not quoting CHB.

[blue agave]

3. I noticed that Thompson did not name his sources n/t

[otohara]

2. Of Course He Did - Doesn't He Always

lie?

That line was so pitiful "maybe you know something I don't"