We've come a long way-AP refers to *'s Slash & Burn assault on its critics

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

"Probe of CIA leak shines light on Bush administration's assault on its critics

By TOM RAUM
October 18, 2005, 3:39 AM EDT

n0661 nyny- r n BC-NY--CIALeak-Analysis 10-18 0927 BC-NY--CIA Leak-Analysis,900 Probe of CIA leak shines light on Bush administration's assault on its critics With BC-NY--CIA Leak Investigation An AP News Analysis By TOM RAUMP> Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's CIA-leak inquiry is focusing attention on what long has been a Bush White House tactic: slash-and-burn assaults on its critics, particularly those opposed to the president's Iraq war policies.

If top officials are indicted, it could seriously erode the administration's credibility and prove yet another embarrassment to President Bush on the larger issue of how he and his national security team marshaled information _ much of it later shown to be inaccurate _ to support their case for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003.

The grand jury is concluding a 22-month investigation of whether administration officials illegally leaked information disclosing the identity of an undercover CIA officer, Valerie Plame, in an effort to discredit her husband, former diplomat and war critic Joseph Wilson.

Anxiety at the White House increased after Bush adviser Karl Rove's fourth appearance last week before Fitzgerald's grand jury, and with a New York Times reporter's firsthand account of her dealings with I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's top aide. "

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--cialeak-analysis1018oct18,0,3851825.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

1. When it rains, it pours

The flood gates of truth have opened, and * admin is wanting to run for high ground.

May they find as much refuge and assistance as they provided to Katrina victims and survivors.

[fooj]

2. Truth is our most powerful weapon!

Peace.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Flood of Criticism

Operations like the Rove-DeLay-Abramoff smear and shakedown racket hold up only as long as the victims are fearful. If they get driven past fear, or if they grow some spine, then the rack crumbles and implodes.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

4. Didn't it seem like this day, of even having these things openly

discussed in the MSM would never come, even 6 months ago?

Let alone indictments etc?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. that's because they're all to busy fighting indicments to do PR work